Early tunnel hulls

[Mark75H]

It is pretty clear that the square inside/extended sponson tunnel hull came from the Lake Como Italy area ... what is not clear is exactly which of the 3 builders was first.

Jackie Wilson is leading a pretty convincing argument that Geremia Cetti's Torriggia boat works was the innovator of the square tunnel/light weight style boat.

Other stories have Molinari or Schulze possible originators.

I'm leaning to Cetti over the other 2 based on these pictures Jackie sent me. In Kevin Desmond's books this same tunnel hull is identified as a Molinari belonging to the Rasini brothers. The problem with this identification is ... Wilson later bought it from it's maker ... Geremia Cetti.

Top picture is one of the Rasinis at Paris, the bottom one is Wilson testing the same boat after he bought it.