Mr. George F. Crouch This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. History of the IVB

   invertedvboats.741.com/History - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/18/2005   Last Visited: 7/21/2006

   Mr. George F. Crouch Head of The Webb Naval Academy Designer of Rainbow and Rainbow 11. One of the world's foremost designer of small boats and the leading motor boat authority in America, has decided to give up the development of all other types of boats and devote his design work to Sea Sleds only.
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   After we came back from Florida I got Prof. George Crouch to design a boat for me for the "Fisher Trophy" race in Buffalo that would incorporate Hickman's surface propeller drive.

2. 2. Summer 98 Part Two

   www.acbs.org/rudder/oldrudder/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/1/1998   Last Visited: 4/25/2008

   George Crouch The vice president of the Dodge Boat Works is George F. Crouch, who in the designing of small boats and achievements with them, stands head and shoulders above all other naval architects and designers in the United States. He is the father of the concave V-bottom runabout, which is the bull form of all present Dodge models. Mr. Crouch's first high speed motorboat was designed and completed in 1901, three years before the first Gold Cup Race. In 1905 he joined the faculty of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and became the head of that world famous institution in 1920, at the same time continuing to design boats that bad a very great influence on the entire motorboat industry in this country and abroad.
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   In 1911, when the American-designed, English-built Pioneer came to this country and demonstrated in amazing fashion the speed superiority of the hydroplane with steps built into the bottom, Mr. Crouch turned his attention to this type of boat and his hydroplanes were among the first ever built in this country. They included, among others, Peter Pans, Nos. V, VI, VII and VIII. These speedy craft proved their utility for racing but Mr. Crouch saw that the future of motorboat runabouts lay in the displacement type, so he spent much thought designing the famous Cinderellas, which, at that time, were the fastest displacement boats ever built.
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   All four of the present standardized Dodge Watercars were designed by Mr. Crouch and, while the basic design is not changed, such improvements are made from time to time in materials, fittings and construction as may seem desirable.

3. 3. ACBS Rudder-Winter 98

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   Published on: 1/1/1998   Last Visited: 4/25/2008

   While a great many designers and builders contributed to this development work, the writer is of the opinion that the most important parts, in the early stages, were played by three men, all Naval architects: William H. Hand, Jr., George F. Crouch and John L. Hacker.
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   In 1911 George F. Crouch designed a 26-foot runabout for James Simpson of New York City.
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   In 1913 George F. Crouch designed many highly successful V-bottom runabouts which made better than 30 miles per hour with engines of less than 100 horsepower.