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roots of performance

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Love looking at those old wood boats. Some of them even had stepped hulls. Not sure about the Hacker Apache II.
Here is some Specs on that boat:

- Apache II is an unparralleled showstopper, one of the most cutting-edge designs of its day
- One of a kind 29' Gold Cup type hull, originally special ordered and purchased by Norman DeVaux, renowned automotive designer
- Custom designed and built by John L. Hacker
- Delivered new to Lake Tahoe in 1922 and raced in the 1920's and 1930's at annual "Lake Championship" regattas.
- Winner of 4th of July Six-Mile Races in both 1926 and 1927
- Powered by a World War I vintage, Packard built Liberty V-12 aircraft engine like what powered the boat in the 1930's
- 400 HP and 1,350 pound feet of torque at 1800 rpm, displacing 1650 CI
- Professionally restored mahogany hull in 2007
- Drive train is a custom built 1:2 overdrive gearbox coupled to a Velvet Drive
 
Thank You Kurt

Thank You Kurt for the Awesome Pictures. Have a Great Day and Best Wishes Always Your Friend Sammie Action Marine
 
Thanks! I love classic wooden speedboats. that is class and styling no modern boat can come close too. amazing what they were able to build out of trees. I love seeing old race craft with huge aircraft engines. That took cohones! that is a whole lot of power for the day and they did post some amazing speeds. The sound of those engines is just heart stopping.
 
Thank You Kurt

Thank You Kurt for the Awesome Video. Have a Great Day and Best Wishes Always Your Friend Sammie Action Marine
 
Kurtster said:
Garfield Wood _founder of Garwood boats...... one of long deck boat racing forefathers.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N-wZ5zOTmY
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That's a really cool video. I also watched 1-6 videos of building miss America 10 at 1/4 mill in 1933 and she went 124 mph. I would say that's that's supper bad a$$ in a 38' wooden boat. Where's the release form to sine up for that ride.
 
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