16 Photos: Seattle Waterfront Classic Boasts Wooden Yachts, Speedboats

More than 50 classic wooden vessels, many of them built prior to World War II, are on display at the Bell Street Pier Classic Rendezvous, part of the Seattle Waterfront Classic Weekend.

my son has a 39 Hackercraft runabout he wants to sell. Been in the family since the 50s and he takes it out every year on the Detroit River....Wants to get into sailing, passed all his tests from the Coast Guard...Just finished putting 2 new coats of (whatever they put on boats) maybe varnish. Runs great, if interested freepmail me.. (hope this isn’t against the rules) Built in Michigan. Real antiques that runs good

Jim Wright of Cottage Grove, Oregon built a full scale replica of the H-1 that first flew in 2002. So exact was the replica to the original that the FAA granted it serial number 2 of the model. The achievement in recreating the aircraft was heralded in virtually every well-known aviation magazine of the time.[12] On August 4, 2003, after a successful unveiling of the replica at the 2003 AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Wright fatally crashed. On his way home to Oregon, he had landed briefly in Gillette, Wyoming, to refuel. While on the ground, Wright met briefly with local reporters and indicated that the aircraft had been having propeller “gear problems.” He then departed, crashing just north of the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park about an hour later. The replica, originally slated for use in the film The Aviator, was completely destroyed, and Wright was killed.[13] [N 3] The official accident report points to a failure of a counterweight on the constant speed propeller.[15] On December 17, 2003, Cottage Grove State Airport was dedicated as Jim Wright Field.

Beautiful.

What is it?

It doesn’t look like a P-51 Mustang, which is probably the only single seat prop driven aircraft I might be able to recognize on sight.

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