The Gar Wood Speedster Miss Behave at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY
History
United States
Name
Gar Wood Speedster
Builder
Garfield Wood – Gar Wood Industries[1]
Marysville, Michigan
Designer: Joseph Napoleon "Nap" Lisee[2] (Master Boat Designer, Algonac Plant) and George Joachim[3] (Sr. Foreman, Marysville Plant)
Cost
US$1,195–2,045
Launched
1934
General characteristics
Type
Racing boat
Displacement
1 ton
Length
16 ft (4.9 m)
Beam
5.4 ft (1.6 m)
Draught
1.4 ft (0.43 m)
Installed power
1 × 92 hp (69 kW) up to 175 hp (130 kW)
Propulsion
Single flat head six cylinder engines
Speed
40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h) up to 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h)
Crew
2
The Gar Wood Speedster is a model of 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by Garfield Wood under the "Gar Wood" brand, and powered with various single six-cylinder flathead marine engines. Of the fourteen original Speedsters, three have been widely researched due to their famous owners – "Miss Behave" and "Miss Chief" from 1935, and "Miss Persia" from 1936. Today, more reproduction Speedsters than original boats exist worldwide, with reproductions starting as early as the 1960s.
^"Gar Wood Industries, Inc". Harvard Business School, Baker Library - Historical Collections. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^Walsh-Sarnecki, Peggy (n.d.). "Boat-building heritage lives through tales". Times Herald. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
^"George Joachim". The Joachim Tree. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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