Garfield Wood
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Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to trav
Garfield Wood in 1938
Miss America 2, a triple Liberty V-12-powered 1921 Harmsworth Trophy winner, and second of nine Miss Americas built for Wood
Runabout (boat)
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A runabout is any small motorboat holding between four and eight people, well suited to moving about on the water. Characteristically between 20 feet and 35 feet in length, runabouts are used for plea
Garfield Wood
…building boats under the "Gar Wood" brand following his early successes in racing. The most famous were the Liberty V-12-powered 33-foot "Baby Gar" gentleman’s racer built in the 1920s and early 1930s. Along with numerous models of runabouts (variously available as sedans, landaus, and limousines), a 28-foot "Baby…
A 2010 Hacker-Craft triple cockpit runabout
The bows of several Riva Aquaramas and Aristans, an Aquarama in center
2004, 22-foot (6.7 m) Spencer Runabout, 380 hp Crusader engine, Spencer Boatworks, Saranac Lake, New York
The 48-foot (15 m) Hackercraft Pardon Me built by Hutchinson Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, New York