The USA stamps issued in 2007 feature photographs of speedboats made by four major manufacturers.
A 1915 Hutchinson Brother launch, the FROLIC
A 1931 Gar Wood triple cockpit runabout, the DISPATCH
A 1939 Hacker Craft, the THUNDERBIRD
A 1954 Chris-Craft, racing runabout, the DUCKERS.
The four objects on the sheet of 12 stamps showcase the polished mahogany and gleaming chrome hardware that characterize the nation‘s historic wooden motorboats. Built by four different manufactures, each vintage watercraft is still in use today.
MISS COLUMBIA:
The selvage – or decorative area around the stamps – features a recent photograph of MISS COLUMBIA by Benjamin Mendlowitz of Brooklin, ME.
The boat designed by Mark Mason and built by craftsman of the New England Boat & Motor Co., of Laconia, NH, is a modern re-creation of the original MISS COLUMBIA, designed by George F. Crouch and built in 1924.
Robert Devene of Green Cove Springs, Fl, purchased the replica from original owner Phillip Sharples of Tubac, AZ, and berths her for the summer on the Muskoka Lakes of Ontario, Canada.
Carl T. Herman of Carlsbad CA, photographed the boats on the stamps and designed the stamp sheet.
FROLIC.
A popular style for touring and commuting, the long-decked launch was offered with a four- or six-cylinder marine engine capable of reaching 30 mph.
A 110-horsepower, six-cylinder Chrysler Crown engine, powered the attractive 30-foot craft.
On the stamp the craft was custom-built in 1915 by Hutchinson Brothers Boat Co., Alexandria Bay, NY.
Frolic owners Bill and Tish Kartozian of Danville, CA, dock her on Lake Tahoe.
THUNDERBIRD:
Based on the streamlined designs of John Hacker, THUNDERBIRD is a 55-foot commuter boat featuring a distinctive stainless-steel cabin top that was built for millionaire George Whittell, who was fascinated when the latest aircraft, automobile and boat technology.
Enamoured with the lines of his personal DC-2 airplane, Whittell requested THUNDERBIRD’s hull and cockpit be built to resemble the fuselage of his twin-engine aircraft.
THUNDERBIRD was built in 1939 by the Huskins Boat Co. of Bay City, MI, THUNDERBIRD’s original twin 550 horsepower Kermath engines were replaced in the 1960s with twin 1.000 horsepower Allison V-12 aircraft engines. The Hacker craft is owned by Foundation 36; a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Nevada’s natural, cultural and historic treasures, and is berthed in Whittell’s original 1940 boathouse built for the THUNDERBIRD.
The boathouse is connected to the main house by a 600-foot tunnel that was blasted through granite at the Thunderbird Lodge Historic Site on Lake Tahoe.
http://www.thunderbirdlodge.org/theboat.html
DUCKERS:
A steady seller since 1936, the Racing Runabout exemplified Chris-Craft speed and design through 1954. Updated after World War II, the 19 foot model features a split cockpit and gleaming deck hardware. With its 158 horse-power MBL engine, this craft can exceed 40 mph.
Chris-Craft runabouts remain a popular model among classic boaters who enjoy their sporty performance. DUCKERS, built in 1954 in Cadillac MI, has a 158 horsepower, sic-cylinder Chris-Craft Hercules engine. She is owned by William and Nancy Kehoe of Loomis CA, who boat with her on Lake Tahoe and the Sacramento Delta.
On USA 2007 41c sg?
Source: copied from http://www.forademo.com/blog/2007/09/ho ... boats.html