Kentucky Derby Contender
Chapter-16-52
The building is also associated with Richard Loynes, Jr., who was listed as owner in 1938. Loynes was a world-famous speed boat racer and champion. From 1923 to 1933 he entered nearly every speedboat regatta in the country, becoming national champion three times, world champion twice, and held sixteen world records. In 1939, he skippered the yacht "Contender" from San Francisco to Honolulu to win the Golden Gate International Exposition trophy, and established another "first" by continuous radio broadcasts coast-to-coast from the yacht. He was twice president of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and chaired the City's first Marina Committee in 1956, the year of his death at age fifty-five. He was a past president of the State Shoreline Planning Association, a member of the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and the Southern California Marine Radio Council. ... [Read More]
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