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Classic Wooden Boats

 
Chris Craft
Triple Cockpit


 


No other boat embraces the elegance of the mahogany runabouts like the Chris-Craft Triple Cockpit Barrel Back.  A gorgeous boat in every way, it's sleek styling and flowing lines are ever present in this 1930's beauty. Only 73 ever built by Chris Craft.
 


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Baby Bootlegger


 


Baby Bootlegger was the winner of  the 1924 and 1925 Gold Cup races.  Her Hispano Suiza aircraft engine was state of the art.  She is the epitome of all speedboats. 
 

baby bootlegger model
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Aphrodite

 


Aphrodite was built by the Purdy Boat Company and launched in May, 1937. Aphrodite's guest list included Fred Astaire, Sir Laurence Olivier, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Henry Ford II, Nelson Rockefeller... Shirley Temple had her birthday's party aboard Aphrodite.
 

aphrodite yacht model
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Canim

     


Designed by Ted Geary as one of eight ships in her class in 1928-1930, all of which are still in service.  Canim was built at Lake Union Drydocks, Seattle, WA., in 1930 for Col. A.J. Blethen as a private yacht. 

 

canim boat
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Teaser


 


The award-winning Teaser became famous by winning the celebrated time trial against the Twentieth Century Limited from New York City to Albany in 1925. She beat the record by more than an hour. The Twentieth Century Limited was the fastest train on the rails at that time.
 


teaser classic boat
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Typhoon


 


The Typhoon origin began with Edsel Ford. It was a large brute, measuring in at 40' in length, with a 2000 cu. in. Wright Typhoon engine. Like a wild stallion, she was born to race. She had the seating capacity to seat up to eight adults, in three separate cockpits, but without the creature comforts and safety of any windshields.
 


typhoon model
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Miss Behave

 


 


The 16 foot Gar Wood speedster is, pound for pound, the most valuable classic speed boat in the world. Miss Behave is certainly the most well known of the original five speedsters brought to the St. Lawrence in 1935.  Today the original "Miss Behave" is in the Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum.   

 

miss behave model
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Chris Craft Racing runabout


 


A 24' legendary model from Chris Craft.  Built  in 1930.



 

chris craft racer model
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Chris Craft Barrel Back

 


In the years just prior to World War II, Chris-Craft produced some of its most beautiful—and now most collectable boats in history, the barrel backs.


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Chris Craft Cobra

 


The 21-foot Cobra would make 55 miles per hour.  Its dorsal fin styling takes a cue from the Ventnor introduced in 1948.  This one features 8-inch-wider beam and weights 570 pounds more than the 18-foot version.

 

chris craft cobra model
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Century Coronado

 


This 1965 Century Coronado has been fully restored and won best in show at the Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat show in 2006. In 2008,  it won the Sheriff's award.
 

century colorado model
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Dixie II


 


The legendary Dixie II is the winner of more than 100 consecutive races, including two Gold Cups and two Harmsworth Trophies.  The fastest motorboat in the world, Dixie's average speed was 28 nautical miles per hour, equivalent to 32.15 statute miles. This is the fastest time ever made in a motorboat race in this country. 
 
 


dixie II model
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Zipper


The Zipper was considered a fast hydroplane of category 225.  John Hacker designed this wonderful boat.  Zipper illustrates the sobriety and the elegance of the runabouts of the 20s & 30s. Her planing hull was made to increase speed and to increase stability in tight turn.
                         
 

zipper model
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Panther

 


Build by naval architect William D. Jackson, this 15' boat could run faster than 75 mph and have only one point of contact with the water: its propeller. 

panther model
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USS Sequoia


 


104' Trumpy boat.  Contract number 174.  Built in 1925 for Richard Cadwalader, Jr. Official U.S. presidential yacht from 1933 to 1977.  USS Sequoia served U.S. Presidents from Hoover to Bush.
 

uss sequoia
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Bermuda


 


28’ Bermuda Runabout triple cockpit.

bermuda model
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  1938 Miss Canada III

 

 

Miss Canada III 's 24½ ft hull integrated a double concave unevenly spaced set of steps on its bottom (later dubbed "keel knuckle" steps.)  This feature gave it exceptional directional and turning stability even in rough water. The design also resulted in a low specific drag coefficient on the wetted surface giving it an optimum running attitude.  Her engine was a Miller V-12, 1,000 HP. miss canada iii model
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1953 Ferrari Hydroplane


      


n the morning of October 15, 1953, Achille Castoldi succeeded in smashing the 800kg class speed record with an average “flying kilometer” two-way speed of 150.49 mph.  He followed up the performance later that day by setting another record in the “24 nautical miles” event.
 

ferrari 1953 hydroplane model
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1954 Ferrari Hydroplane


      


Kings and emperors, princes and sultans, actors, sportsmen and celebrities headed straight to Riva to choose their boats in the same way as they went to Rolls-Royce or Ferrari for their cars. 
 

ferrari 1953 hydroplane model
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Riva

 


Kings and emperors, princes and sultans, actors, sportsmen and celebrities headed straight to Riva to choose their boats in the same way as they went to Rolls-Royce or Ferrari for their cars.
 

riva model
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Chris Craft Barrel Back

 


In 1940 Chris-Craft introduced a new hull style called the torpedo deck or barrel back. Fifty plus years later it is among the most highly coveted of the famed Chris-Crafts.
 

chris craft barrel back model
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Grady White 360 express


One of the most successful boatbuilding companies in the world, Grady-White has a legendary reputation for designing and producing superbly engineered power sportfishing boat. 


grady white model
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Owens Flagship


 


This famous model was
powered by a twin Hercules flathead 6 cylinder engines with a top speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 8 to 12 knots.  Built in Baltimore, Maryland.
 


 
Alpha Z


 


The custom built offshore V-8 Alpha Z  produces 800 HP.  There are no hoses on the engine. All plumbing was custom bent and mirror polished stainless steel.  The hull is 3/4" thick mahogany planking.  Deck is mahogany coated with AwlCraft 2000. 
 Discontinued model (craftsman's retired.)


 
 
Thunderbird

Tahoe

     


Thunderbird is a 55-foot speedboat designed by John Hacker and built by Huckins in 1939.  Today Thunderbird is equipped with a twin 1000 hp Allison aircraft conversion engines, allowing a top speed of 70 mph!  Commissioned model.  Not for sale.


 
 
Century Coronado
1958

 


The 19' Coronado Resorter was very well known for what has been referred to as its "aircraft carrier deck." wish list or have it faster: commission it
 


 
 
Century Coronado
1956


1955-56 were the first series of Coronado's. These boats had a plumb transom.  These were the only years that the Coronado's had a full wood deck. 
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Century Coronado
1959


 


The  Century Coronado 1959 is perhaps the most stylish ever built by Century.  It retained some common features from the '58 but there are also some major changes. The '59 has a vented nose-cone. The flagstaff on the foredeck is a wing made of chrome. The old curved windshield is replaced by a bubble (compound curve) version. Instead of a milk-glass retracting insert in the windshield, the entire roof slides back and forth. Other features included a chrome "crown" that runs across the roof and serves as a base for the anchor light, which was formerly on the rear flagstaff and opera windows. Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it
 


 
 
Chris Craft Continental



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Chris Craft
Constellations
63'

 

Chris Craft built only three of these 63’ Constellations in 1953.  There's only one left as of today.  It has cruised Alaska and Mexico and has the power and range to go anywhere on the coast. Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it
 

 
Chris Craft

Pilot House
63'

 

Chris Craft built 15 of these Pilothouse motor yachts. They were considered the top of the line in the 60's. They are extremely sturdy, seaworthy vessels (72 gross tons). These quality yacht cruised comfortably at 10 to 13 knots and would easily run at 18 knots. Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it.
 

 
Chris Craft
Holiday



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Chris Craft

65'



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Chris Craft Corsair 25


Stunning from any angle, this runabout is practical and comfortable. The Corsair 25 has a stylish foredeck that provides an uninterrupted forward view and a useful cuddy cabin underneath. Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it
 

 
Hornet

 


John Hacker built this wonderful boat for the 125 racing class with a 47-horse motor and overall weight of 750 pounds (boat, engine and everything), the designer of Hornet claimed a speed of 40 mph. Plans and building instructions for Hornet appear in the 1934 book by Edwin Monk, How to Build Wooden Boats.
 
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Grand Banks 42

 


Launched in 1965, the Grand Banks 42 defined the trawler/yacht concept. The boat boasted lavish teak interiors, three different layouts with diverse cruising needs. With 1,560 of these hulls built—the last was delivered in 2005—Grand Banks 42 is a legend in its own time. Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it
 

 
Fairey Swordman


The most sought after power boat of the 1960s.  A list of their owners sounds like the Who's Who of one of the most exciting and innovative decades of British design. A number of Fairey boats featured in the James Bond 007 film From Russia With Love. Fairey Marine's designer was Alan Burnard, and today it is one of his designs, the Dagger, proven in military use and as a police boat, that forms the basis of Swordman Marine's boats. Sign up for updates:wish list or have it faster:commission it
 

 


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Beware of some very cheap models circulated out there. They are not built from official plans and thus portray very wrongly the  beautiful curves of the famous boats. Some of the easy-to-spot errors are the oversized stability fins on the two sides of triple cockpit and very wrong windshields on all others.  Quality wise, their chrome looking parts are actually plastic (see photos).  Their hulls are, surprisingly, plastic covered with wood color paints. 

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Praendex Pacific's president purchased in person 4 museum-quality classic boat models from Model Ship Master in July, 2007.

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