Scene in Edmonds: Local hydros on display

Edmonds based Unlimited Racing Group owners Shannon Raney and her husband Scott displayed their award-winning U-11 hydroplane at the Edmonds Yacht Club Friday evening during a membership dinner.

J & D’s Racing’s U-11 unlimited hydroplane participates nationally and is manned by driver Jamie Nilsen. Nilsen began racing at the age of 12 in limited hydroplanes and has set 12 world speed records. (He currently still holds six.) .

Also on display and racing in the regional circuit was the S/A-ll, owned by Dan & Mary Bartels and operated by their daughters, 17-year-old Marissa Bartels and her 20-year-old sister, Marina.  The hydroplane is sponsored by Edmonds Yacht Club member Jeff Potter, owner of Edmonds-based Wyndsor Cabinet Group LLC.

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