an interesting history

[woobs]

...Of the inventor of the lifting strake, surfacing propeller and many other go-fast boat design innovations.
follow this link...
http://spoonercentral.com/knappseasleds/sled3.html

[jl1962]

Good article.

I'd heard the Dick Fisher/Ray Hunt/Whaler story before.

Mystic Seaport has a Hickman's Sea Sled too.