#Mahogany wood runabout how to#

may be installed and will give satisfactory service. Hacker said, “For those who prefer some other type of motor it may be said that any desired motor whose weight is less than 300 lbs. She was to be built to very strict scantlings and powered by a Pierce-Budd 25 hp three cylinder two cycle engine which would push her up to just under 30 mph. John L Hacker patterned her off of another boat called the Ugly Duckling which was known for speed and reliability.

#Mahogany wood runabout how to#

“Lorraine” was the subject of a how to build article in the July 1922 MotorBoating Magazine. Hacker’s Kitty Hawk (below) was the fasted boat in the world between 19. Hacker also designed pontoons in 1911 for the Wright Brothers to mount on one of their planes so it could take off and land on water. His varnished mahogany boats became the must have item for the wealthy. Mr. He purchased the Detroit Launch and Power Company in 1908 and renamed it Hacker Craft.

In 1904 he designed Au Revoir, the fasted boat in the world at the time. His boat proved to be a success and launched the speed boat revolution.

The new type of boat planned across the water in a way that was considered dangerous at the time. He created a 30 foot launch with his newly created v-bottomed hull and mounted the propeller and rudder under the transom. After becoming an accredited marine designer through correspondence courses he set about to solve a number of problems that inhibited performance in motor boats of the day. John L Hacker was born in 1877 and became a legend in the speed boating world. The screw on the other hand must be new and will run into the $300 to $400 range. Reusing as many as possible will save quite a bit of money. Since this boat has more than 160 bronze bolts in its frames and floors ranging from 2 inches to 6 inches all new bolts would run in the neighbor hood of $1200.00. They can be re threaded or cut and threaded for other areas needing shorter bolts. Just a few of the many bolts taken out and re threaded. The screws can’t be reused because they usually twist off when putting them in new wood, even when boring the proper size hole beforehand. At about $8.00 to $10.00 per 4 to 6 inch bolt I think they are worth reusing if possible. Many of them are fine to reuse on the new wood where they came from. Many of them are bent on the end but can be cut to be used in other areas. One of the things that we can use and repurpous are the bronze bolts we take out of the boat. While restoring the mahogany runabout in the previous post we are trying to reuse any material that is sound.