Vintage Race Boat Shop

We maintain vintage wooden boats.

 

Reproduction Vintage Boats

We can build one for you...

G-48 Obsession

We have recently completed several reproduction vintage boats, based on vintage designs, built with modern techniques and powered with modern marine engines. These custom boats are built to run hard and provide for many years of fun boat rides, with proven hull designs and plenty of power to run at hull speeds. We also work very closely with the owner on all the numerous decisions, to make them very personal and very special boats, for they are beautiful art forms.

 

     

     

A Gentleman's Racer - we can build one for you...

We recently completed a reproduction of a 21 foot Gentleman’s Racer, and we would like to do another. Compulsion was an aft cockpit speedster design, very similar to my beloved Obsession, in fact we spent a lot of time measuring the lines of Obsession and only made a few modifications. This new hull was constructed of white oak frames with Honduras Mahogany planking, and powered by a 383 Chevy “stroker” motor. The bare hull and motor were transported to our Vintage Race Boat Shop in February, 2008 where work began on project completion, and we made it in time for the vintage regatta in Clayton, NY in August 2008. The Gar Wood deck hardware did not arrive from the chrome shop in time for Clayton, but the photos below show that our new hull design ran very well, and we ran at the front of the pack all weekend long. Another rewarding project, working closely with the owner to make this speedster a truly personal, Gentleman's Racer.

     

   

 

         

   

 Click here for more Clayton Regatta photos !!!!

 

   

   

   

 

Click here for project photos of "Compulsion"

A Jersey Speed Skiff - we can build one for you...

During the summer and fall of 2005, we completed a reproduction of a Jersey Speed Skiff

My Precious. This speed skiff was done "in the spirit of APBA vintage", with a wood deck and bench seats, looks like a Jersey Speed Skiff of the 1950's/60's, is a legal APBA vintage boat and runs on the APBA Vintage Race Boat Circuit. These boats are safe and fun to run, with comfortable bench seats in the fore and aft cockpits, and with a stock warranted motor will provide for many years of fun boat rides. Complete with a mooring/travel cover and a custom Eagle trailer, this skiff loves to Rock & Roll on Loon Pond, in Gilmanton, NH.

     

     

   

Click here for project photos - "My Precious"

 

That was a fun project, the boat ran extremely well, and we wanted to do another one. Then in the fall of 2005, several conversations lead to a handshake and our second skiff project. This project had special, ribbon striped mahogany deck and transom, dark blue upholstered bench seats fore and aft, and was powered by a stock, warranted Marine Power motor with a Borg Warner transmission. The boat runs very well, lives in a boathouse here on Lake Winnipesaukee, and gets a good workout every summer by providing lots of boat rides.

 

       

Click here for project photos - Tinker/Sassy

A Custom Ski Boat - we can build one for you...

After completing our Gar Wood Speedster project Compulsion, we are currently working on a reproduction based on a John Hacker design ski boat for Bob Mueller. The bare hull was built by the Fish Brothers, the 327 cubic inch Chevy motor was built at Larry's Auto Machine in Groton, Connecticut and the design, rigging and finish work is being done by the Vintage Race Boat Shop.

 

       

Click here for project photos of "Impulse"

 

For more information contact:

Bill John

Vintage Race Boat Shop

603-569-5824

john1948@metrocast.net