![]() For her first owner, Ed Grimm, who called her Miss Mary, El Lagarto performed miserably in the Gold Cup races of 19. That made her, compared to her rivals last week, a specimen of early Americana but antiquity is not El Lagarto's only distinction. Of the three remaining, the favorite was George Reis's El Lagarto, winner in 19 and one of the most remarkable boats afloat.Įl Lagarto ("The Lizard") was built in 1922. On the eve of the race, two had broken down and withdrawn. Y., five long-nosed hydroplanes zoomed over the dark green water getting ready for the start. Experts estimate that motorboat enthusiasts have spent $40,000,000 trying to win it. Put up in 1904, the Gold Cup cost $730, is gold plate on silver. motorboat racing, in years when no one challenges Gar Wood for the Harmsworth Trophy, is the race for the Gold Cup in which specifications, changed from year to year, place definite limits on the size and power of competing craft. If you’d like to read more about the Bugbite or order your own you can click here to visit the official website, or you can follow the social media channels below.Reprinted from TIME Magazine, August 5, 1935 ![]() Kevin Fitzke is building a limited production of Bugbites that are available for commission. class in which this boat would have raced in, and the number “36” is Kevin Fitzke’s age at the time of completion. ![]() ![]() The racing letter “F” signifies the 225 cu. The name Bugbite is from the classic saying “Once you’re bitten by the boat bug you’re hooked”, it also references the small nature of the boat. The engine produces approximately 190 hp in its current configuration, considerably more than the engines that were fitted back in the 1930s. The Bugbite is powered by a comprehensively rebuilt GM 283 cubic inch flywheel forward engine with a Borg/Warner hydraulic manual transmission. He did all the varnishing, gold leafing and lettering, the engine rebuilding and mechanical installations, and he hand-formed the aluminum windshield All hardware is either original 1930’s period or inspired by the era. This project started with nothing but full size sheet plans, Kevin cut every rib, spar, and plank before fitting them all together. Structural fasteners are marine-grade silicon bronze and chrome plated brass. In building Bugbite he used only hand-selected Lloyds Registered marine grade mahogany, with first class white oak were used for frame components and planking. Modern wooden boats can now be built to be far more durable and less maintenance intensive thanks to technologies like cold-moulding and modern epoxy resins. Apel 17 ft racing boats, Kevin’s is built using the latest modern technologies for adhesives, cold-molding, two part urethane paints/primers, and two part urethane varnishes. ![]() He’s always been drawn to racing boats and aircraft of the 1920s and ’30s, and the Bugbite is his first 100% handmade vessel made using plans. Kevin Fitzke is a 36 year old Minneapolis-based craftsman with a lot of experience working with wood for marine applications. engine – the two most popular engine classes at the time for this size boat. Apel runabout was designed for racing, it could accommodate either a 135 cu.in. It’s not known how many were built in the 1930s and ’40s but it is known there were a significant number, with only very few originals now remaining. The plans for Apel’s design were first published in the 1935 February issue of Motor Boating Magazine, then again in the 1936 Motor Boating Ideal Series Vol. Bugbite is a 17 ft traditional was built in 2019 by Kevin Fitzke to the original and much-loved 1935 design by A.A. ![]()
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