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In the 1970s, American raceboat designer Bob Hobbs, an advocate of stepped bottoms for offshore boats, [6] and engine expert Cal Connell designed a three-plane, two-step boat hull to show Riva. The function of the steps was to lower the speed at which the boat begins to plane, increasing its speed and efficiency.
G-W Invader, (sometimes listed as GW Invader), began production in 1967 with its 10-foot and 16-foot boats.The "G-W" indicated the last names of the founders. The initial designs of 10 and 16 footers were that of sport racing boats with a very low profile, low weight, and shallow draft.
A 2010 Hacker-Craft triple cockpit runabout The bows of several Riva Aquaramas and Aristans, an Aquarama in center 2004, 22 ft Spencer Runabout, 380 hp Crusader engine, Spencer Boatworks, Saranac Lake, New York The 48' Hackercraft Pardon Me built by Hutchinson Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, New York
Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 – February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder, and racer of Formula, Donzi, Magnum Marine, Cary, and Cigarette Racing Team speedboats.
Fergus sold the boat onwards to country-singer and classic boat collector Alan Jackson and it was later sold at the Antique Boat Auction in Clayton, NY, on August 1, 2009, for US$112,000 [37] to its current owner, who replaced the bottom and preserved it back to its original looks of 1935. Miss Chief is currently the only Speedster that has a ...
The Century Boat Company was founded in 1926 at 333 W Beecher Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by two brothers, James and William Welch, who excelled in building wooden plank hulls for speed. The company was moved to Manistee, Michigan in 1928.
The Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company of Peshtigo, Wisconsin was a manufacturer of pleasure boats and canoes. Founded by brothers Peter and Christ Thompson in 1904, [ 1 ] the company became prominent in the field and built boats for nearly one hundred years. [ 2 ]
The result was a 502 bhp speedboat, which he used to hit a 150.19 mph top speed in October 1953 on Lake Iseo. This world speed record for an 800 kg boat still stands today. [3] A similar hydroplane was constructed by Guido Monzino in 1954. Like Arno XI, it utilizes a Lampredi engine, in this case sourced from a wrecked Ferrari 375 MM. [4]