Dick Rautenberg is gone (complications of Parkinson's). From the Fifties, when he and brother Bob got into racing, Dick was a very active and important and cherished member of Seattle Outboard Association all his life. Bob was the Konig dealer in Reg. 10 for a time, and in 1963 he set a competition record iR at Yelm, while Dick won the AOH Nationals at Moses Lake, both of them with Sid-Craft hulls.

I just heard about this a few days ago. Others will be able to tell us much more, including all of the family connections within boatracing, but I want to say that Dick was as friendly and likeable and upbeat a man as there is in life, seemingly always with a grin on his face. A sad loss.

Please, will anyone who can do a more complete obituary/memorium please post it in the "Racers Who Are No Longer With Us" section . . . .