From Wikipedia:
“Baby Bootlegger is an American wooden-built speedboat. It was designed by George Crouch for Caleb Bragg in early 1924, and was built by Henry Nevins. Bragg won the APBA Gold Cup in it in both 1924 and 1925. It was fitted with a 220-horsepower converted Hispano Suiza aircraft engine dating from the First World War.”
Our 48″ model includes a T-rail to simplify construction.
As this is quite a famous race boat, there is much information available. There is even a complete set of plans available for a full-size replica of this model. A modeller just needs to do a search for “plans for Baby Bootlegger” and several sources will appear.
Yup, that's me in front of the Gaspé, in Quebec
L.E. Fry’s 1909 Suwanee The original boat is in the Antique Boat Museum, in Clayton, New York. From the museum’s
C.C. Hanley’s 1889 Catboat “Harbinger” Purchase the Frame Set C.C. Hanley (1851 – 1934) was born in Maine, where he
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