SCRATCH THE SURFACE

AVOCETTE

BUILT 1931

LOA 48ft 2in (14.7m)

BEAM 11ft 1in (3.4m)

ENGINE 2x 380hp Volvo-Penta D6-IPS600

RESTOMOD REDESIGN Bill Prince Yacht Design

My dad collected American classic cars,” says Bill Morong over the phone from his boatyard, Yachting Solutions in Maine. “Hot rods were never worth as much as the originals, but this has changed over time. People want, say, a ’68 Chevelle, but they don’t want it to drive like a ’68 Chevelle. They want it to drive like a modern car.”

Modding, or hot-rodding, cars is a big part of American culture, dating back to prohibition days, when normal cars would be ‘suped up’ or given