Vintage Race Boat Shop

 

We maintain vintage wooden boats,

by providing year round maintenance

and treating each boat with special care.

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Also building reproduction vintage boats.

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Bill John - owner/driver

Donnie McLean - riding mechanic

Jim Kondrat - special projects

 

Vintage Race Boat Shop

PO Box 332 - 7 King Street

Wolfeboro, NH  03894

603-569-5824

John1948@metrocast.net


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Edge Bonding-Part 1

Edge Bonding-Part 2

Edge Bonding-Part 3

Stepped Hull Design

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Lake Winnipesaukee

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The Early Years

Boat Racing-1926

Boat Racing-1927

Boat Racing-1928

Boat Racing-1929-1

Boat Racing-1929-2

Jersey Speed Skiffs

Vintage Regatta-2001

Vintage Regatta-2003

Vintage Regatta-2005

Vintage Regatta-2007

Vintage Regatta-2009


A message from the Owner/Webmeister

Bill John


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Currently In The Shop

Scotty - 1929 John Hacker designed Gold Cup Hydroplane

Owner/Driver - Mark Howard

Riding Mechanic - Jim Kondrat

Scotty is a one of a kind Gold Cup race boat commissioned from the well known and respected naval architect John Hacker in June 1928 and delivered to Sam Dunsford on Lake Winnipesaukee on July 1, 1929. She is a three step hydroplane, twenty eight feet long, over six feet wide and weighs 2000 pounds. The builder was Hacker's own boat yard in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. After brief trials, she was shipped by rail to Lakeport, New Hampshire and towed across Lake Winnipesaukee to Dunsford’s estate on Tuftonboro Neck. Dunsford’s mechanic, Elmer Folsom, installed a Packard engine and started their own speed trials. Scotty ran numerous times on Lake Winnipesaukee in preparation for the Gold Cup race that was held on the Shrewsbury River in Red Bank, NJ on August 24 and 25. The power plant was a Packard 'Gold Cup' Six of 625 cid and this is the type of engine that runs Scotty today. The engine is one of a handful that were specially built and modified for the Gold Cup races.

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Scotty is being refinished this winter, will be the featured Hacker at our 38th annual ACBS boat show next summer and will also be displayed and run at our Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta next September.

 Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta


       

A very cool ski boat powered by a 327 Chevy with 3 deuces !!!

Owner/Driver - Bob Mueller

Crew Chief/Observer - Bill John

Water Skiers - Donnie McLean, Len Finethy, Shaun Berry

After completing our Gar Wood Speedster project Compulsion, we are currently working on a reproduction of a John Hacker design ski boat for Bob Mueller. Our project concept is based on a 1940's John Hacker utility design, very similar to Hot Dog with a runabout style front cockpit, utility style engine box, and large wrap-around aft seat. We added a lot more transom tumblehome to our design, increased the crown of the deck and took a plank off the side to lower the sheer line profile. Hacker hardware will be used, the upholstery and bottom color will be burgundy, the mahogany deck and hull planking will be stained and varnished along with the flooring and side panels. We are posting lots of project photos, so check back often to follow our progress.

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And please join our special launching ceremonies and celebration on September 25th at the Wolfeboro Car & Boat Rendezvous. Wolfeboro Bay is the perfect background for a fun filled day of nostalgia, boats, cars, fall foliage, music, shops and restaurants. A fall gathering and celebration!!!


Last Update: September 2, 2010

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