{"id":78,"date":"2008-10-28T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T20:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/woodenrunabout.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2008-10-28T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T20:51:38","slug":"video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodenrunabout.com\/blog\/video\/video-footage-1936-chris-craft-19-special-race-boat","title":{"rendered":"Video Footage–1936 Chris-Craft 19′ Special Race Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"
We shot some video footage during the final water test of the 19′ Chris-Craft special race boat that just underwent a complete restoration at our shop. This rare boat is one of only 51 built, of which 6 are still known to exist. It is powered by a Lycoming UHES that red-lines at 5,000 rpm. The very first boat built to this design made its debut at the 1935 President’s Cup regatta in Washington D.C. In November of 1935, Power Boating<\/em> magazine provided this description:<\/p>\n “The first runabout event of the day, for class I runabouts (boats powered with engines of under 825 cubic inches) was featured by the initial appearance of Jay-Dee III, a new sport type 19-foot Chris-Craft, powered with a six-cylinder 225 class Lycoming racing engine and owned by Jack Dunn of Miami. Racing against much larger and more powerful craft the beautiful little…Chris Craft made a runaway race of it and finished far in the lead with the remarkable average speed of 45.023 miles per hour.”
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