Baby Bootlegger Explained

Baby Bootlegger
Designer:George Crouch
Builder:Henry Nevins
Launched:1924
Owner:Caleb Bragg, R.B. Timberlake, C.W. Wragge, Mark Mason, Tom Mittler
Skip:Caleb Bragg
Wins:1924 and 1925 APBA Gold Cup
Displacement:3200lbs
Length:29' 10 1/2" (910.59 cm)
Beam:5' 10 1/2" (179.07 cm)

Baby Bootlegger is an American wooden-built speedboat. It was designed by George Crouch for Caleb Bragg in early 1924, and was built by Henry Nevins. Bragg won the APBA Gold Cup in it in both 1924 and 1925. It was fitted with a 220-horsepower converted Hispano Suiza aircraft engine dating from the First World War.