As on early aircraft and custom boats, padded armrests were mounted outside the windows, a rare touch.

While 3,050 large custom boats were sold in 1984, only 2,900 were sold in 1987.

Fishermen and Scullers Bass fishermen had been on the lake, nosing around docks in their powerful custom boats, since dawn.

Each year numerous events take place on the Ancholme, from kayak races to boat races in custom home-built boats.

He has built more than 70 custom boats, including yachts, cruising boats, powerboats and ocean-racing maxi-boats.

The company was somewhat better positioned then other boat manufactures as it had remained a family run business able to survive on building a small number of custom boats.

In 1975, he opened Ultimate Boats, a custom boat manufacturing company specializing in open fish and speed boats.

Has been designing sailing and motor yachts for 35 years, with about 8,000 boats launched to date that include custom boats and One-design production models.

Before these factory boats were built, you had to race in 30-foot custom boats with engines that had to be pulled after every race.

The assembly-line Chris-Craft won when the custom boat's water-cooled engine lost power because of the sandy river water.