Do you remember...
Roy Roger's 1959 Yellow Jacket Boat?

According to an informative Yellow Jacket boat website, The Yellow Jacket Boat Company was in business for 10 years from 1949 to 1959 and was considered to be a very popular molded plywood boat known for it's speed and durability.

In the beginning the hulls were molded by a company in Canada and shipped to Denison, Texas for assembly.

1959 Yellow Jacket Capri boat

The horse power varied depending on the year, the earlier the year the less the horse power.

The boat really became popular in 1953 when two fellows drove their 14 foot runabout from New Orleans to St. Louis in a record time beating the old record with speeds averaging 28 to 44 M.P.H with a pair of 25 horse power Johnsons.

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Always be Good for Roy Rogers & Trigger

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1959 Yellow Jacket

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