1988 San Diego, CA. One of the most spectacular Unlimited Hydroplane crashes. A strong crosswind from the ocean caught the drivers of the Miss Circus Circus and Miss Madison off guard as both boats blowover. This is a fairly long clip of the whole incident including live commentary and several replays.

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1. rebel937 on December 23rd, 2009 4:41 am

   Ron ran the old piston powered Madison for a few years against the turbines. I have some good footage of the old piston powered madison going over as well so it did happen to them as well. I think Ron is still racing his boat Sir Ron III in a different class.

2. gypsyjoes on December 23rd, 2009 11:54 am

   the “heavy” piston boat did blow over. the Holset had a turbo Allison in it. And the Oberto at that time had an old Merlin. The Circus and Holset just hit that ocean breezes and went over.

3. detroitsports77 on December 26th, 2009 1:29 am

   notice the “heavy” piston boat didnt blow over. who says the turbines are safer?

4. detroitsports77 on December 28th, 2009 2:11 pm

   yeah but who the hell wants to go to a quiet hydroplane race???

5. BigKwell on December 31st, 2009 3:03 am

   No contest. Too expensive to maintain those old Merlin/Griffin engines, not to mention they’re heavy.

6. barthoedemaker on December 31st, 2009 11:14 pm

   I want to see those old piston hydroplanes against modern turbine ones.

7. J1nglz on January 3rd, 2010 7:00 am

   “Like a woman, It takes a lot of paint to keep them looking good.” -It’s a quote from the play “To rock the boat” I’ve always equivocated it to that.

8. mcfatty510 on January 6th, 2010 1:08 pm

   Because their girls and not married?

9. jwupstate on January 9th, 2010 5:29 am

   Ron Snyder is my brother-in-law and he’s living in Ohio and doing very well for himself. You can’t keep athletes of his caliber down - they just don’t make them like Ron Snyder anymore!

10. McAwesome17 on January 11th, 2010 11:32 am

    Yea he did thats my dad

11. McAwesome17 on January 13th, 2010 8:38 pm

    thats my dad my names P. Prevost he broke his knee but he is fine now

12. hispanichottie15 on January 15th, 2010 10:25 am

    my uncle was there and saw that **** live **** yea he sayed it was bad!!!!!

    CHB

13. jwel44 on January 16th, 2010 1:17 am

    Whenever I saw this in the old days, the driver got killed. Great improvements over the old boats.

14. racelover9 on January 19th, 2010 2:16 am

    At Seattle?

15. racelover9 on January 21st, 2010 9:04 am

    At Seattle?

16. racelover9 on January 23rd, 2010 11:39 am

    Did Prevost run into the Madison in ‘88 as well?

17. KevKlosterman on January 24th, 2010 6:46 pm

    That WAS Ron Snyder. I talked to him just yesterday and we’ll see him over Christmas. Type in “historic race boat” on YouTube and you will see him driving the F-333 Aqua Flyer.
    -Uncle Kevin

18. veginater on January 27th, 2010 9:36 am

    dude that was awesome! My uncle knows a Ron that got in a crash but i don’t think he raced unlimiteds

19. ShadowGuardian62 on January 29th, 2010 4:31 am

    wow that was kinda wierd

20. Twister243 on January 30th, 2010 5:45 pm

    that was sick

21. sbeutler on January 31st, 2010 9:28 pm

    O’Boy Oberto… FTW!

22. struthermartin on February 3rd, 2010 5:36 am

    that ***** without even touching me

23. xDJGejamalx on February 5th, 2010 5:04 am

    ive seen this on my unlimited hydroplane vid! ITS A GREAT CRASH

24. 00FRY00 on February 7th, 2010 5:40 pm

    nice almost exact same time

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