Of the three boats built, this was the president's own personal boat that he kept from new until his passing.
The three boats were personally ordered by Bud Finkl, president of the Packard Boat Company and are based off of lengthened plans of the Hacker Speedster 16'. One of only three “Gentleman's Racers” commissioned by the Packard Boat Company to be hand built by upstate NY boat builder John Ford as well as Gary Scherb of Old Time Boats in Florida.
This boat needs nothing currently except for love and care and routine maintenance. It has always been trailered since I owned it. The boat came from Lake Lanier in SC originally and I used the boat on Lake Keowee in SC mostly and spent several weeks on Lake Webb in Maine 2 different times. Carries up to 5 people and I love skiing behind it. It is a beautiful very functional craft that is great for family activities with the open back which makes it a great watersport boat for skiing, tubing, etc. My estimate is that it has probably has less than 200 hours use since the 1990 restoration. It ran perfectly and is now back in our garage in NC. In 2021 my daughter wanted to use it as part of her wedding so the varnish was redone (14 coats) and the upholstery was redone and I pulled it 1100 miles to Maine for the 3 weeks we were there. We used this boat approx 2-3 weeks a year until about 1995 and then was used very little for the next 26 years but was kept in our garage under cover. New upholstery and complete new varnish in 2021. In addition a center mount auto bilge pump was installed. The chrome which is complete was re-chromed professionally the same year. The engine was completely rebuilt with new crankshaft, pistons, gaskets, seals, etc and modernized with the addition of a 12 volt electrical system, oil filter, oil pressure safety switch, electric fuel pump. This boat "Putt Putt"was purchased by me in 1990 and went through an extensive restoration at that time that included a complete new West System Epoxy encapsulated marine plywood bottom to make it lighter and non-soak so it could be trailered easily. The deck could use a fresh coat to extra shine. It is extremely well built and looks amazing. The engine is mounted on a jack plate which allowed us to build the back deck/hatch and so the engine was not mounted on the transom.
Battery is 7 months old and centered under the front deck.ĥ stainless steel fold down cleats and fold down bow navigation lights with separate anchor light. Both the front and back seats open to access the gas tank and for storage and there is an additional hatch built in the back deck. The hull was built exactly to the specifications with the interior customized. All deck screws are plugged with plugs from the same wood. 100% stainless steel for all fasteners and parts. The rest of the boat is 1/4 Sapele with Maple racing stripes over Okoume plywood. The hull is fiberglass over marine grade Okoume plywood (from France) painted midnight blue. Engine has internal oil tank so no premixing. Tops out around 41mph and planes almost immediately. Glen-L Stiletto Custom runabout with two-stoke, 3 cylinder 90hp Nissan/Tohatsu in excellent condition.
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