6/16/08 The Regatta has purchased a 1960's vintage hydroplane from a pawn shop in Kentucky. It will not be used as a raceboat, but will be fixed up, repainted and christened "Miss Easter Seals." Watch to see the new boat next year!
6/19/08 Sea Quest Kids is coming to Wheeling! Click on Sea Quest Kids on the right to find out more about how YOU and YOUR CHILD can participate...and it's FREE!
7/12/08 Extreme Boats magazine has a feature article in their latest issue about the 2007 Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta. Click here to get your own copy!
7/15/08 The Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta has been awarded the Vintage Event of the Year from the American Power Boat Association! Click here to read the Wheeling Intelligencer's article detailing the award presentation at the Wheeling City Council meeting tonight.
7/18/08 Two new EVENING Sea Quest Kids sessions have just been opened! Click on Sea Quest Kids to find out more information.
7/18/08 Editorial on the Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta in the Wheeling News-Register! Click here to read what Mike Myer has to say.
7/30/08 Sea Quest Kids at the Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta has a sponsor! The Health Plan of the Upper Ohio Valley has agreed to partner with the Regatta in bringing this wonderful boating safety advocate to the 3rd Annual event. Click on our link to Sea Quest Kids to find out more about this great program and to sign kids 3 - 18 up to learn to build full-size wooden boats! It's free!
7/31/08 Due to popular demand, several Saturday sessions of Sea Quest Kids have been added! Click on our Sea Quest Kids link to sign up your children ages 3 -18 to learn about boating safety and learn to build REAL WOOD BOATS! It's great fun and it's TOTALLY FREE to participate...and your child might even win one of the boats that will be built during the Wheeling Vintage Raceboat Regatta!
8/2/08 ARE YOU COMING TO WHEELING FOR THE REGATTA? If so, you gotta read what Mike Myer thinks is one of the BIG tourist attractions in Wheeling! Click here to find out!
8/24/08 WOW! The Regatta scored some major publicity by being on the front page of today's Sunday Wheeling News-Register with not one but TWO articles! Also in today's paper, Mike Myer talks about all the things to do in Wheeling on Labor Day weekend and about the vintage race boats in his Sunday commentary. Follow these links to read all 3 articles:
"Racers to take over river"
"Byers To Be Honored for Unbroken Record"
"Surely They’re Not Racing Those Things, Are They?"
