1949 Such Crust

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Such Crust

1949

 

U-1

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Jeff Howard

 

2020

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Jeff Howard

 

Plywood, fiberglass, and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion HK3026 1210

 

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Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

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Red and white

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Printed vinyl

 

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The model:  This model was fast right out of the box, but rather light. Taming the flighty nature was a challenge. Jeff did his normal fantastic job building and painting the boat, it's gorgeous and has really nice detail work on it. It debuted at the opening race of 2021, the Apple Cup, but did not race again that season

The real boat:  This was the first in a long line of Jack Schafer's Such Crust boats. It was built in 1948 by Ventnor Boat Works in New Jersey and designed by Norm Lauterbach. It was one of the first boats built specifically with an Allison engine in mind.