Runabout (boat)

A runabout (English colloquial "little racer " ) is an open sports boat with two to eight seats, enclosed front deck and often a deck area for sunbathing. The beginning of this development were wooden boats that were powered by aircraft engines leftover from the First World War. The heyday of the runabouts were the 1950s and 1960s. Famous manufacturers are Chris Craft from the United States and Riva motorboats from Italy. Runabouts are and were luxury boats, mostly of mahogany and is a popular water skiing and pleasure boats for the upper crust.