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He did all the varnishing, gold leafing and lettering, the engine rebuilding and mechanical installations, and he hand-formed the aluminum windshield All hardware is either original 1930’s period or inspired by the era.
#17 FOOT WOOD RUNABOUT FULL SIZE#
This project started with nothing but full size sheet plans, Kevin cut every rib, spar, and plank before fitting them all together. Structural fasteners are marine-grade silicon bronze and chrome plated brass. In building Bugbite he used only hand-selected Lloyds Registered marine grade mahogany, with first class white oak were used for frame components and planking. Modern wooden boats can now be built to be far more durable and less maintenance intensive thanks to technologies like cold-moulding and modern epoxy resins. Apel 17 ft racing boats, Kevin’s is built using the latest modern technologies for adhesives, cold-molding, two part urethane paints/primers, and two part urethane varnishes. He’s always been drawn to racing boats and aircraft of the 1920s and ’30s, and the Bugbite is his first 100% handmade vessel made using plans. Kevin Fitzke is a 36 year old Minneapolis-based craftsman with a lot of experience working with wood for marine applications. engine – the two most popular engine classes at the time for this size boat. Apel runabout was designed for racing, it could accommodate either a 135 cu.in. It’s not known how many were built in the 1930s and ’40s but it is known there were a significant number, with only very few originals now remaining. The plans for Apel’s design were first published in the 1935 February issue of Motor Boating Magazine, then again in the 1936 Motor Boating Ideal Series Vol. Bugbite is a 17 ft traditional was built in 2019 by Kevin Fitzke to the original and much-loved 1935 design by A.A.
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