ACBS ANNOUNCES THE GREATEST RACE BOAT SHOW IN CANADIAN HISTORY The Antique and Classic Boat Society of Toronto (ACBS) announced today that it will be presenting The Greatest Race Boat Show in Canadian History celebrating 100 years of boat racing. The 33rd annual show will be held in Gravenhurst, Ontario on July 6, 2013 at the Muskoka Wharf. There will be 150 race boats on display in the water and on land including both vintage and contemporary gentlemen’s racers. “This show is unprecedented and unique because it combines so many priceless antique race boats and famous hydros with some of the most modern high powered watercraft together with Hall of Fame and Championship drivers”, said John Kutcy , President of ACBS Toronto. The official host of the show is Jim Thompson, the owner of Miss Supertest III, the only three time winner of the coveted Harmsworth Trophy which is an International competition for motorboats that was started in England in 1904. The feature boat of the 2013 Show is Canada’s 1st Harmsworth challenger, Miss Canada IV, built in Gravenhurst in 1949. Newly restored, she is powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon engine that propelled her to a 138.8 mph North American speed record that year, and made her the first boat to eclipse the 200 mph mark in 1950. She was campaigned by Harold and Lorna Wilson, Canada’s internally famous husband and wife team. This show will be a very unique collection of boats and personalities never seen before in one place in Canada and it will probably be a long time before it happens again.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:15:48 +0000
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