WHISKY
Builder
Colin Winton
Designer
Colin Winton
Date1959
Object number00001714
NameSkiff
MediumStainless steel, bronze, maple, alloy, paint, vinyl
DimensionsOverall: 825 x 3970 x 1380 mm
Vessel Dimensions: 3.66 m × 1.37 m (12.01 ft × 4.49 ft)
Vessel Dimensions: 3.66 m × 1.37 m (12.01 ft × 4.49 ft)
ClassificationsVessels and fittings
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Bill Faull
Terms
- Melbourne
- sport/recreation
- class
- petrol
- inboard
- 4-stroke
- awards/trophies
- photos
- timber
- clinker
- decked with cockpit
- non-operational
- inside building
- monohull
- planing
- plumb transom
- round bottom
- overhanging stem
- single
- timber plywood
- transom rudder
- wheel
- museum vessel
- original hull
- original deck
- original gearbox
- original layout
- original shaft
- power boat
- WHISKY
- Sport and Lifestyle
- Travel, Tourism, Sport and Leisure
- Vessels - dry storage
- 95 cu. In.
- 18-foot skiff
The engine is a 15 nla 72740 with a fabricated tubular exhaust manifold, dry sump lubrication with no generator. It has a 45 DCOE Weber carburettor on Lynx MGB manifold, a Lucas distributor and a frabricated alloy engine mount at flywheel end cast.
HistoryWHISKY raced with the Victorian Speed Boat Club (VSBC) from 1959 onwards. The plywood clinker hull was designed and built by VSBC driver and builder Colin Winton. The owner Colin Brown and his partner Roy Sampson installed the marinised BMC car engine. Like many speedboat enthusiasts, they were attracted to the sport through their keen interest in engines.
SignificanceWHISKY is an important example the history of speed pursuit in Australia.
