Miss Bud, 18′ 2/5 liter hydroplane–Jon Staudacher designer/builder. Photo by Jon Staudacher.
Staudacher Hydroplanes
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Streaker
Streaker, 7-liter hydroplane–Jon Staudacher designer/builder. Photo by R. Koch
Tenacious
213′ three-masted barque–Tony Castro designer, Jubiliee Sailing Trust builder, 2000.
Titanic (movie model)
Titanic–60′ 1/8th scale half model. Thomas Andrews designer, Western Boatworks builder. This was the actual model used in the 1997 movie.
Top Hat
Top Hat, 30′ Morin 30 runabout. Doug Morin/Morin Boats designer/builder. 1985.
USA 002 Racing Skiff
USA 002, 14’4″ Swift Solo racing skiff–Bram Dally designer/builder, 2002.
Whitehawk
Whitehawk, 92′ ketch–Bruce King designer, Lee’s Boatshop builder, 1975.
Yother’s Canoe
18′ canoe–John Yother/Whistling Moose Studio designer/builder, 1998.
Babyface Nelson
A Classic Mahogany Runabout
by Bruce Hutchinson
Above: Babyface Nelson is a replica of Baby Bootlegger, a Gold Cup racer designed by George Crouch and built by Nivens in 1924.
Cover Photo: After two years of work, Bruce Hutchinson launched BABYFACE NELSON at Gull Lake in western Michigan.
What was I thinking? That phrase kept running through my mind during the 2000 hours over two years it took to build Babyface Nelson. Now that it’s complete and I’ve logged 50 hours on the water, I can say it was a worthwhile venture. It’s too much fun! People have commented that it must have taken a lot of patience to complete the project. Patience had nothing to do with it: it was perseverance. I ran out of patience about the second layer of cedar planking! Continue reading
Projects & Tips from the Shop of Jon Staudacher
by Brian Knight—GBI Technical Advisor
Above: Shown upside down, the base of Jon Staudacher’s trailer is a series of plywood torsion boxes, doubling as storage compartments. The depth of the boxes makes a very lightweight, rigid structure.
Over the years, we have featured some of Jon Staudacher’s more innovative projects and ideas. From his extreme house, to race boats, to aerobatic airplanes, to a gate at the end of his driveway, to something as simple as a paint roller brake, Jon has always sought the simplest method to build his projects. Jon’s latest project is no exception.