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Grand Prix Hydroplanes, Other Race Boats to Test on the Columbia May 12

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Roostertails will fly and engine noise will fill the Lampson Pits this Saturday, May 12 when Grand Prix and 1 liter hydroplanes, as well as a smaller "flat bottom" boat, will be in the Tri-Cities to test their boats for the upcoming season.

The Columbia River testing will give race fans the chance to see some other classes of boats besides the familiar unlimiteds. In the case of the Grand Prix boats, only close followers of the sport will notice the difference between those boats and the unlimiteds. Nearly everyone, however, will notice that the Grand Prix's are much louder than the unlimiteds, due to their automotive engines, which "growl," where turbines (which power the unlimiteds) "purr".

Source: KNDO/KNDU

Rescuer finds shattered debris in Mexico yacht crash

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Lamb was working safety patrol Saturday morning when he came across the debris roughly nine hours after the crash occurred. He called the Coast Guard for help.

Two race participants who were in the area at the time of the crash also told The Associated Press on Sunday that they saw a tanker or heard warnings on their radios.

The boat apparently collided at night with a much larger vessel, leaving three crew members dead and one missing, a sailing organization said early Sunday. It was the state’s second ocean racing tragedy this month.

The 37-foot Aegean, carrying a crew of four, was reported missing Saturday during a 125-mile Newport Beach, Calif. to Ensenada, Mexico yacht race, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune