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Hinckley Talaria 29R
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In her sensuous lines and forms, the
Hinckley Talaria 29R has hints of Riva and Gar Wood.
Her bottom is more Ray Hunt, that gives better
performance at sea.
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Hinckley Talaria 44
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This model of the Hinckley
Talaria 44 is
22" long. The world's very best is what you
will see.
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Chris Craft Barrel Back
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In the years just prior to
World War II, Chris-Craft produced some of its most
beautiful—and now most collectable boats in history,
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Chris Craft
Triple
Cockpit
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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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Chris Craft
Racing runabout
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In 1948, Chris
Craft introduced their 19-foot Racing Runabout. The
boats were built sleek and had larger engines which
produced a stunning speed up to 50 mph. The boat was
a hit and Chris Craft made a total of 503 of them
during the time from 1948 through to 1954.
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Chris Craft Cobra
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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.
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Teaser
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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.
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Baby
Bootlegger
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Baby Bootlegger is perhaps the most
beautiful wooden boat ever built. She won the 1924
and 1925 Gold Cup race.
Baby Bootlegger will do 70 mph flat-out. In addition
to being a stunningly beautiful boat, she is
considered by many the best handling in any boat.
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Miss
Behave
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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.
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Dixie II
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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.
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Typhoon
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Typhoon
measured 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.
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Elco
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The Electric Launch Company,
later renamed Elco Motor Yachts, began operations in
1893 and continued to 1949. It was resurrected in
1987 and continues today, producing hand crafted
replicas of some of its classic launches.
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Panther
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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.
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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.
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Century Sabre
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The Quintessential early '60's styling of the
Century Sabres was unique in the boats of that era.
With their removable t-tops, automotive style
interiors and powerful V8 engines there was nothing
else like them on the lakes.
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Century Coronado
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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.
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Thunderbird
Tahoe
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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!
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Owens Flagship
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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.
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Twelve of our
massive classic boat models have been decorating several restaurants designed by Schussler
Creative--the creator of the Rain Forest Cafe. The second order
came in 2014 when Mr. Schussler ordered four different boats for his
BoatHouse restaurant in Orlando, FL.
Model Ship Master has been chosen by the
owner of a Century Coronado that has won best in show at the Coeur
d'Alene Wooden Boat show and the Sheriff's award to
build the model.
Praendex
Pacific's president purchased in person (he wanted to view the quality
in person) four museum-quality classic boat
models from Model Ship Master in July, 2007.
Be beware of some very cheap boat models. They are not built from official plans and
thus have the hull shape very wrong. Some of the easy-to-spot errors are the oversized
hull fins and the very wrong
windshields. Their chrome-looking
parts are actually plastic (see
photos). Their hulls are,
surprisingly, plastic covered with wood color paint. These
are more of children's toys, not suitable for beautiful homes or
prestigious offices. Click on this
link for some analyses that we were paid to performed in the
past.
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