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Original 1968 Shooting Star ..project boat..on eBay

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 PostPosted: April 7th, 2024, 3:25 pm   
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I raced against a couple of these in the late 1960’s. They didn’t like turning the corners on the race course or rough water conditions, but given calm water and a long straightaways they were very fast and the record books show their success.

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One of my “Wish For Boats” was the smaller 13 foot version of the 16 shooting star. Only ever saw one in a picture. They did use the deck on a 13 foot V type hull , but that wasn’t the shoot star bottom.
The original designs were all built of wood. Then molds were made of the wood boat.
This is a 14 foot wood one. It would have been a good project to restore, and maybe modify if you had the skill set to do it.

https://boats-from-usa.com/not-specifie ... star-24778


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