Dixie II 50cm model
A true objet d'exception, this 50 cm long model is very faithful to the original.
This model is entirely handcrafted from noble materials: genuine wood and marine saddlery. All fittings are in polished and varnished brass, custom-made by jewelers.
10 coats of varnish are applied to achieve excellent gloss and varnish depth.
The model is delivered in secure packaging.
Numbered certificate of authenticity and one-year warranty.
Article number: R DIX 50
Length: 52 cm / Width: 9 cm / Height: 13 cm
1145,00 €
3 in stock
MAQUETTE DIXIE II 50cm
MAQUETTE DIXIE II 50cm
A true objet d'exception, this 91 cm model is very faithful to the original. This model is entirely handcrafted from noble materials: genuine wood and marine upholstery. All fittings are in polished and varnished brass, custom-made by jewelers. 10 coats of varnish are applied to achieve excellent gloss and varnish depth.
The model is delivered in secure packaging.
Numbered certificate of authenticity and one-year warranty.
1,075.00 €
In stock
History of this model :
Designer: Clinton Crane
Built: 1908 in the USA
Engine: 45° V8 220 HP at 900 rpm
Length: 12 m
DIXIE II is a "displacement canoe" designed by Clinton Crane, with the aim of defending the Harmsworth Trophy won by DIXIE in 1907.
DIXIE II was built in 1908 on City Island by the Wood shipyard. The hull was tested in a tank, and the engine specially built for DIXIE II was designed by Clinton Crane's brother Henry, an automobile manufacturer. In its first trials on July 27, 1908, it reached a speed of 59 km/h, and on August 3 won the Harmsworth trophy at an average speed of 52.8 km/h.
The same year, he won the Gold Cup on the Saint Laurent. His average speed was 49.5 km/h over 3 rounds of 50 kms.
He went on to win the next 2 editions of the Gold Cup in 1909 and 1910.
1909 marked the end of research into displacement canoes, and DIXIE II is considered the finest example of this type of architecture in America.
At low speeds, these hulls are more efficient than hydroplanes with redan and concave V-shapes without redan. Their major drawback, however, is a loss of stability near the speed limit where they seek to take off and glide. These hulls require great skill on the part of the pilot.
At the end of the 19th century, Clinton Hoadley Crane was an amateur American naval architect, who designed sailing and then motor boats for himself and his friends. After graduating from Harvard Engineering School in 1894, he went on to study at Glasgow University from 1897 to 1898.
It was there that he met the French architect Augustin Normand, who introduced him to motorboats. At the beginning of the 20th century, from 1900 to 1912, he finally established himself as a naval architect, and for 12 years built popular boats on the East Coast of the USA. He designed motorboats and sailing boats, large and small, and developed not only the International Rule, but also the Universal Rule. He launched Endymion in 1900, which set a record for crossing the Atlantic in 13 days and 8 hours, a record that was beaten by Charlie Barr's schooner Atlantic. On August 5, 1908, he set a world record for absolute motor speed, reaching 36.6 miles per hour with his motorboat Dixie II in Bayonne, New York. He died in 1958.
