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  • When A Beautiful Hacker Yacht Is More A Speed Boat Than Yacht. The Thunderbird Of Lake Tahoe.

    (Words by Scott Liggett) There is just something about boats that were built from mahogany that just exudes class. The warmth of wood hand carved into a water craft just seems so much more beautiful than any boats made from fiberglass. Your author has always had a thing for the era of mahogany boats. That […]

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    YE GODS. A water chariot fit for a king.
    Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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    • #3
      I've seen videos of this boat for years (search Thunderbird boat on Youtube), but the background story was excellent. Thanks Scott, well done!

      I looked, out of curiosity, and found this of the originally installed Kermath's

      "... The Sea Raider Series was added in 1929. It was simply two six cylinder Sea Wolfs sharing a common crankcase, thus becoming a 1414 cubic inch V12! Originally rated at 300 H.P., most units sold in the 1930's were 450 H.P....

      ...Chris Craft, Sea Lyon, Garwood, Mathews, and many other builders utilized Kermath Sea Wolf engines. One of the largest supporters of Kermaths was John Hacker. Hacker Craft Boats used the 225 Sea Wolf in their 26' through 30' runabouts, and promoted the 450 Sea-Raider in their 33' models. John Hacker always preferred engines designed for marine use, and avoided earlier aircraft conversions, and in smaller boats, automotive conversions. He also designed two 450 H.P. Sea Raiders into his famous Tahoe boat, Thunderbird..."

      https://acbs-bslol.com/restoration/r...k/keermathpt2/


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      Last edited by Beagle; December 12, 2020, 08:38 AM.
      Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.

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      • #4
        With twin Allisons that thing has the power to fly to the moon if the wave was high enough.
        Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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        • #5
          Super boat . Awesome story . Very cool replacement engines but weirdly I think they should have kept the original V 12s .
          Previously HoosierL98GTA

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