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Jack Beebe was an American boat builder and designer from Marine City, Michigan, who drove the Miss Detroit hydroplane to the 1915 American Power Boat Association Gold Cup victory after replacing the original driver of the boat who became seasick. Beebe's boats were known for their speed.

References

1. Naldrett, Alan; Naldrett, Lynn Lyon. "Success and Riches". Michigan's C. Harold Wills: The Genius Behind the Model T and the Wills Saint Claire Automobile. Charleston, SC: History Press. 2017. ISBN 9781625859877.
2. "1915 APBA Gold Cup". Hydroplane Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
3. The Club Journal. Automobile Club of America. 1915. p. 426. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
4. Edgren, Robert (21 June 1914). "80 Feet a Second, in a Motor Boat!". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. "New Hydroplane Built for Gold Cup Races". Detroit Free Press. 13 August 1916. p. 21. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

Further reading

• Nutting, Wm. Washburn (August 25, 1917). "The Regatta on the St. Lawrence: Hawk Eye II". Motorboat. Volume XIV, Number 16. p. 8

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