Hacker-Craft is
the name given to boats built by The Hacker Boat Co., the oldest
builder of wooden motorboats in the world. It is an American
company, founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1908 by John Ludwig
Hacker (known as John L. Hacker or just "John L."). The company
moved operations to New York State in the 1970s and continues to
produce hand-built boats in Silver Bay, on the shores of Lake
George, New York.
John L. Hacker
(1877–1961) was a naval architects and the greatest American
motorboat designer of the 20th century. His major design and
engineering accomplishments include the invention of the
"V"-hull design and the floating biplane for the Wright
brothers. Hacker built more successes in speed craft than all
the other builders combined |