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The first race held on the Detroit River was the Gold Cup, in 1916. The community-owned Miss Detroit won the Gold Cup in 1915 on Manhasset Bay, outside of New York City, and earned the right to defend it the following year on home waters. Miss Detroit was a single-step hydroplane, equipped with a 250-horsepower Sterling engine.
Muncey began his boat racing career in 1949 by sinking in front of a hometown crowd on the Detroit River. Muncey's first attempt to drive in an American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup event began by blowing up the engine. Muncey went to Gar Wood’s riverfront mansion, and asked Wood for help. Muncey got an engine from Wood, but the ...
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The Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA) was established in 1912 as the Detroit River Yachting Association by the Commodores of the Detroit Boat Club and the Detroit Yacht Club, Commodore Harry Austin and Commodore Harry Kendall, respectively.
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Dominic Davis of Detroit waves lights sticks to music being played before the 2023 Ford Fireworks along the Detroit River at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Monday, June 26, 2023.
Lost River, Ryan Gosling. 2015. Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn. Filmed in Detroit, and possibly set in a surreal version of the city although this is never explicit. Low Winter Sun (TV). 2013. Mark Strong, Lennie James. Originally a British miniseries, the American remake is set ...
The story of Toot Toot, the colorful hand-built tug boat that has captured the hearts of locals and visitors to Plymouth Harbor.