Garfield arthur "gar" wood (december 4, 1880 – june 19, 1971) was an american inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. he was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water.. A 28 foot gar wood is the most desirable triple cockpit runabout to own. a new owner can have this 28-55 gar wood, delivered running in the water with her v12 scripps.. Gar wood speedster is a 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by garfield wood under the "gar wood" brand, powered with various single six-cylinder flathead marine engines. of the fourteen original speedsters, three have been most widely researched upon due to their more famous owners - "miss behave" and "miss chief" from 1935 and "miss persia" from 1936..
2016 27' garwood speedster with 700 hp custom v8 marine engine. options include bow thruster, cockpit covers, drivers seat lifts, forward cockpit leather side panels.. This boat is a radio controlled target boat. it was a special gar wood concept which the army found to be vital for training gunnery personnel on rapidly moving targets. gar wood was given an army contract to provide a total of 29 of these boats in 1942 and all were powered by a single engine kermath.. Today gar wood boats are among the most sought-after classic boats in the world. the fascinating events that led to the development and production of gar wood boats is one of the most interesting stories in boating history. garfield arthur wood was born in l880, the oldest of l3 brothers and sisters..
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