WOODEN MODEL BOAT PARDON ME BY JOHN HACKER

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PARDON ME

Our model is hand-crafted from hard wood with planks on frame construction. The hull is hollow inside and varnished like the original color of the real boat. This model is not a kit and ready for display. All the metal fittings are brass chromed. Model comes with a base.

Item Code	Specifications		Packing Volume
SB0202P	95L x 22W x 27H (cm)	37.40L x 8.66W x 10.62H (inch)	0.128 m³ = 4.52 ft³

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Suggest: Display case to preserve the model from dust

This assembly display case comes with plexiglass

HISTORY

(Source: Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, NY)

We do not know who first gave Pardon Me the appellation “the world’s largest runabout,” but it is easy to see why it stuck. Near the end of the era of this particular style of wooden speedboats, Pardon Me is perhaps the most powerful expression of the runabout form. It has garnered admiration and praise since construction began at Hutchinson Boat Works in Alexandria Bay, NY in 1947, and it has been owned and appreciated by vibrant and influential people from all around the country.

John Hacker, who drew the boat in 1947 for Charles Lyon of Chippewa Bay, NY was one of the innovators who developed the hard-chine, split-cockpit pleasure boat in the early 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s, Hacker was one the world’s most famous designers of custom powerboats and small yachts, with an impressive portfolio of very successful boats and a distinctive personal style.

Pardon Me is a late great work from one of America’s most important naval architects. Designed for beauty as well as performance, the boat incorporates period trends in industrial design and architecture, making it a representative object for American art history as well as boating...