This is the collaboration nobody saw coming. One is a Savile Row titan with more than 175 years of sartorial excellence; the other is a Minnesota boat-building firm known for reimagining America’s most romantic maritime icon: the gentleman’s racer.
Together, Huntsman and Fitzke Boatworks have created the Moonshine Series – a modern ode to 1920s elegance, engineering, and aquatic swagger.
In its heyday, the gentleman’s racer was built for wealthy owners who desired a boat that could be raced for sport on weekends as well as effortlessly cruise during the week. Fitzke Boatworks picks up that lineage with Miss Moonshine, the first in a new series of hand-built racers inspired by the rum-runners of the Prohibition era.
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Each hull takes up to a year to complete, shaped through cold-moulded Honduras mahogany, triple-planked okoume, and meticulously hand-fitted Spanish cedar. The torpedo form nods to the iconic yacht design of George Crouch and John Hacker, while the gauges – fabricated in-house – borrow cues from vintage watches and pre-war Grand Prix dashboards.
And then there’s the Huntsman touch. For the first time in the house’s history, its tailoring expertise has gone offshore – quite literally – with a marine-grade tweed developed specifically for open-water resilience. It upholsters the cockpit seating and protective fenders; Fitzke even sourced vintage sewing machines to nail the period-correct stitchwork.
Each vessel comes with bespoke luggage and fender covers in the exclusive Fitzke Tweed. At 23ft with a hand-built 5.7-litre V8, the Moonshine blends grace with muscle.
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Only two hulls will be produced each year. Order one now at fitzkeboatworks.com
