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Vintage
Race Boat Shop
We maintain vintage wooden boats.

Miss Major

A
30 Foot, 1987 Hacker Reproduction
Owner - Len Gardner
In the Spring of
2003, Miss Major was transported to the Vintage Race Boat Shop for a new
trailer, bottom blueprinting, some transom varnish repairs and some motor
performance work.

First, we spent
several days sanding and fairing the bottom to a very smooth surface. Then
we applied two coats of Interlux Brightside paint - sea green.

The performance
upgrades included a performance flame arrestor, polished aluminum IMCO
exhaust manifolds, stainless steel "S" pipes to connect to the existing 3
inch exhaust pipes, and a custom 4-blade prop.


Miss Major was
then launched at the historic Goodhue Hawkins Navy Yard in Wolfeboro, for
sea trials and performance evaluations. And as expected, the performance
upgrades really "woke-up" the 454 big-block Chevrolet motor, and the
custom 4-blade prop made the boat run much flatter, with a nice increase
in speed. We were very pleased with the results.


But "motor-head" Len
Gardner was not satisfied, he wanted more power and speed. So in the fall of
2003, replaced the 3 inch copper exhaust pipes with much larger 4 inch
pipes.





Then in the spring
of 2004 - on May 15th, we installed the new, freshly chromed exhaust trim
rings and again launched "Miss Major" at the historic Goodhue Hawkins Navy
Yard.


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