Home The Rules What is a Hydroplane Boat Profiles Safety A Typical Race Latest News  Video Page  Links  Race Dates/Calendar Contact us Rumour File  E.C Griffith Cup	CRC Latimer Lodge                          Owner / Driver : Edgar Phipps  Race Class : Grand Prix Hydroplane / Hydroplane Legends Hull design : Lauterbach Design Built in New Zealand by P.G. Knight Build date : Early '80s  Engine : 454ci supercharged Chev, running Methanol, 25psi boost, producing approx                    1200hp at 8200rpm Race History : Multiple race winner, including: • Griffith Cup • Masport Cup • 2nd World GP championship • World Womens Speed Record • One of the only few GP Hydros to have raced in New Zealand, USA, and Australia. • One of the world's best known GP Hydros.  More Information : 20 years of top line competitive racing have taken their toll Latimer Lodge, so a complete boat, trailer and power/drive line restoration was in order. The restoration is in progress, all the way down to frame repair, by the legendary Hydroplane builder Graham Howard of Wisemans Ferry NSW.                          I