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Dixie II 93cm model

True object of exception, this model of a length of 91 cm has is very faithful to the original model. This model is entirely handmade from noble materials: real wood and marine upholstery. All the fittings are in polished and varnished brass, made to measure by jewelers. 10 layers of varnish are applied to obtain an excellent shine and depth of varnish.

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Numbered certificate of authenticity and one year warranty.

1237,50 

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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 boat" which was created by Clinton Crane, the objective of this new boat is the defense of the harmsworth trophy won in 1907 by DIXIE.
DIXIE II was built in 1908 at City Island by the Wood shipyard. Its hull was tested in a tank; the design of the engine specially built for DIXIE II was the work of Clinton Crane's brother, Henry, an automobile manufacturer. During the first tests, on July 27, 1908, it reached a speed of 59 km/h and won the Harmsworth trophy on August 3 at an average speed of 52.8 km/h.
That same year he won the Gold Cup on the Saint Laurent. His average speed is established at 49.5 km/h over 3 rounds of 50 kms.
He then won the next two 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 speed, these hulls are more efficient than the hydroplanes with redan and the concave V-shapes without redan. But their major drawback is the loss of stability at the speed limit where they try to take off and glide. These hulls require great skill on the part of the pilots.

Clinton Hoadley Crane was an American amateur naval architect at the end of the 19th century, who designed sailing and motor boats for himself and his friends. He graduated from Harvard Engineering School in 1894 and went to study at Glasgow University from 1897 to 1898.
It was there that he met the French architect Augustin Normand, who introduced him to motor boats. At the beginning of the 20th century, from 1900 to 1912, he finally established himself as a naval architect, and for 12 years built boats that were very popular on the East Coast of the United States. He designed motor boats 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 broken 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.

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