information on an F class Coutts hydroplane?

[Speeditwin]

me and my brother recently got a mid 1960's Jim Coutts built F class racing hydroplane. we are looking to see if anybody knows any more information about these Coutts built hydroplanes. and if anybody has information on this particular boat that would be very appreciated, thanks

[Speeditwin]

https://youtu.be/acXpEu-bRn8?si=M73IIB6zb9ECKcjj


Here's a video now that we have it running with a padded 55h

[Dew1us]

Where did you pick the boat up? Did a motor come with it? My Father would have Knowledge on Jim Coutts.

[rumleyfips]

I think Jon Stone won DSH at Beloit in a Coutts.

Jim Coutts had a pretty good DSH before he switched to A alky.

Coutts was a Konig, Keller and Record prop dealer as well as a boat builder.

[Speeditwin]

The seller did say it was originally run in D stock with a 55h.

I had heard Jon Stone had used a boat like this and always wondered if it could be his boat

[Dew1us]

Jon was my dads business partner building boats. I knew him as Uncle Jon. I believe Jons' Coutts boats were always purple. Coutts lived in NY so it is possible that he purchased it new from him.

[WaltZucher]

I think Jon Stone won DSH at Beloit in a Coutts.

Jim Coutts had a pretty good DSH before he switched to A alky.
https://eldfall-chronicles.com/produ...lass/sentinel/
Coutts was a Konig, download poker android Keller and Record prop dealer as well as a boat builder.

Thanks for the history lesson! It's like uncovering the tales of racing legends.

[rumleyfips]

There's a picture of Jim Coutts with Crescent power in the Kay Harrison Collection thread.

[Speeditwin]

Got it from a racer up by lake simcoe in Ontario Canada, he said he picked it up at a sale in New York somewhere.

Motor did not come with the boat, we found someone with a 55h from the seller of the boat

[Speeditwin]

Where did you pick the boat up? Did a motor come with it? My Father would have Knowledge on Jim Coutts.

do you have any photos of other coutts boats, or racers with them?

this boat appears to have been all red before the previous owner painted the white on the front.