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.
 

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. 
 

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.
 

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. 
 

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.
 

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.
 

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.   
 

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



 

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.

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.

 

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.
 

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. 
   

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.                         
 

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. 

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.
 

28’ Bermuda Runabout triple cockpit.

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.
 

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. 
 

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.
 

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.
 

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. 

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.
 

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.)

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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.

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
 

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.  Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it
      

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
 

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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
 

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.  Sign up for updates: wish list or have it faster: commission it

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
 

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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