 Vintage
Race Boat Shop
We maintain vintage wooden boats.
Our Reproduction Vintage Boats
We can build one for you...
G-48 Obsession
We
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 owners on all
the numerous decisions, to make them very special
and truly personal boats - they are 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.
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Click here for
more Clayton Regatta photos !!!!
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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...
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Gar Wood Speedster project Compulsion, we
are currently working on a
reproduction of a John Hacker design ski boat for Bob
Mueller. The bare
hull is being built by the Fish
Brothers, the 327 cubic inch
Chevy motor is being built at
Larry's Auto Machine in
Groton, Connecticut and the
final design, rigging and finish work is being by the Vintage Race Boat
Shop.
Click her for
project photos of "Impulse"
For more
information contact:
Bill John
Vintage
Race Boat Shop
603-569-5824
john1948@metrocast.net
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