Atwood Manley had the opportunity to view this canoe and wrote: The authorative book about Rushton was written by Atwood Manley in 1968 entitled: “Rushton And His Time In American Canoeing”. J H Rushton also spent much of his leisure time on Cranberry Lake and, knowing the conditions on this lake, built this 15 foot Arkansas Traveler specifically for Cranberry. The family camp, as they call them in the Adirondacks, was on Cranberry Lake which was the boats home until I purchased it in 2011. I purchased this Rushton canoe from the James Gardner family. English canoe mold for the Model 20 racing canoe. Walter built this canoe in 1982 on the original Wm. In 1999, Walker presented a handmade paddle to the Prince when he visited the Canadian Canoe Museum. Walker built and personally presented a cedar strip canoe to Britain’s Prince Andrew upon the latter’s graduation from Lakefield College School in 1977. Walker, who was born in Ancaster, Ontario on Novemand who began his career as a furniture-maker, worked for boat and canoe companies in Lakeville and Peterborough, the field in which he eventually earned the distinguished title of Master Canoe Builder. Walker’s death marks the end of an era he was the last orginal link to the heyday of wooden canoe-building. He received numerous awards and certificates for his work in the canoe industry. Walker was inducted as the first “Canoe Builder Emeritus” in the Canoe Builders Hall of Fame established by the Canadian Canoe Museum. Suits cold molded construction.This canoe was built by Walter Walker, the most storied canoe builder in Canada. The Speedster is surely a piece of boating history, classic lines with a very sporty look featuring a rear cockpit and a wonderful deck crown. Miss Behave is drawn up using ring frames as opposed to frame members, floor timbers have been added at frames and between frames in lieu of the original steam bent ribs. (Today the original “Miss Behave” is in the Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum). Lawrence River right to the start of World War II. Speedster racing became a regular event on the St. His speedster was named the “Miss Behave” and others in the group were called “Miss Adventure”. Lawrence River for Noble and his friends. ![]() Noble fell in love with the boat and the first dozen produced were sent to the St. Its performance and appearance was similar to a cut-down Miss America racer. Wood’s answer was high performance sixteen footer with 2 seats aft of the engine that he called the “Speedster”. He told Wood that he and his friends only wanted a small, sporty racer that would be like a water version of the popular European sports cars. Lawrence River in his famous 33' Baby Gar, “SNAIL”. Since 1926, Ed Noble of the Lifesaver Candy Company, and a Gar Wood customer, had been speeding on the St. An original cost roughly $1,340.00 when new, including a Gray Fireball Engine. Over the years, a number of copies of the boat have been produced, both on the St. Miss Behave is certainly the most well known of the original five speedsters brought to the St. It has been said that the 16 foot Gar Wood speedster is, pound for pound, the most valuable classic production speed boat in the world.
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