![]() My grandfather felt you should never spend any time on parts of a race boat that don’t make it go fast (like paint).” In a 2006 article about his grandfather Clare Jacob’s DEUCE, Jack Jacobs recalled, “The boat was the same flat green that the cottage on Harsens Island was painted. Clair in the 1930s, near the intersection of East Jefferson Avenue and Crocker Boulevard.”Įven today, both DEUCE (now owned by Rick Hennig of Racine, WI) and BULL carry the same green livery, and there’s a reason for that. Their woodworking shop was just a few hundred yards from where iceboaters had been launching on Lake St. ![]() “At some point in the late 1930s or early 1940s, Clare Jacobs acquired DEUCE IV, a serious racing competitor to the BULL.” Both of these boats had been built in Harrison Township, Michigan, by the Vanderbush brothers. Rex Jacobs and George Hendrie, who also skippered, were co-owners of the BULL. Jack Jacobs, Clare’s grandson, invented the popular “J” iceboats, built for comfortable cruising. Jacobs Company, an automotive industry supplier and maker of Coca-Cola vending machines during WW2, which remain popular with collectors. Read his article here.īrothers Rex and Clare Jacobs founded the F.L. Larry Stephenson M.D., for his article, THE GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB CONNECTION TO LARGE ICE YACHT RACING, about the history of the BULL. I am indebted to Grosse Point Yacht Club, Michigan historian and member Dr. The BULL has its roots in a combination of a beloved children’s book turned Disney short film, a couple of brothers with a metal stamping factory now famous for vintage Coca-Cola machines, and leftover distinctive green paint from a cottage. ![]() Buddy Melges with FERDINAND THE BULL on Lake Geneva at the 2001 Hearst Regatta.įERDINAND THE BULL, owned by Buddy Melges, is one of history’s most successful Class A Stern Steerers.
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