The Wooden Runabout Company, LLC » Video http://www.woodenrunabout.com Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:48:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video Footage–1936 Chris-Craft 19′ Special Race Boat http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:49:28 +0000 Mike http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/?p=78 Continue reading →]]> We shot some video footage during the final water test of the 19′ Chris-Craft special race boat that just underwent a complete restoration at our shop. This rare boat is one of only 51 built, of which 6 are still known to exist. It is powered by a Lycoming UHES that red-lines at 5,000 rpm. The very first boat built to this design made its debut at the 1935 President’s Cup regatta in Washington D.C. In November of 1935, Power Boating magazine provided this description:

“The first runabout event of the day, for class I runabouts (boats powered with engines of under 825 cubic inches) was featured by the initial appearance of Jay-Dee III, a new sport type 19-foot Chris-Craft, powered with a six-cylinder 225 class Lycoming racing engine and owned by Jack Dunn of Miami. Racing against much larger and more powerful craft the beautiful little…Chris Craft made a runaway race of it and finished far in the lead with the remarkable average speed of 45.023 miles per hour.”

 

]]> http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat/feed 2 1929 Hacker Craft Video http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/1929-hacker-craft-video http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/video/1929-hacker-craft-video#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:52:28 +0000 Mike http://www.woodenrunabout.com/blog/?p=46 Kirk was recently out in Lake Placid, NY servicing some boats when he recorded this video of a 1929 26′ Hacker Craft that he restored nearly a decade ago while working for MBBW. She still looks and runs great!

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