Wilderness Scout Jet-Powered Canoe

Outdoor Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Public TV show is having a banquet. There they will raffle off this Jet Powered canoe.
Anybody know what this is?
howard

 

I suppose you are reffering to this?

Description: Span Wilderness Scout Jet-Powered Canoe with Briggs & Stratton 3.75 HP air-cooled engine with Hydrojet pump, stainless steel impeller, remote throttle & kill switch. Engine is removable, comes with plug for paddling. Karavan Trailer with 2" ball. Custom cover donated by Wally’s Custom Canvas of Sheboygan.

More information on the canoe can be found at http://www.northernwatersltd.com./

Only a bit off topic, I am a big fan of Top Gear.

Here Hammond takes on a Jet Powered "Canoe"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O562VTz7YnU

 

It's the revival of the mid 1960s Span Boats, Inc. jet powered canoe. Span Boats, Inc. was located at Rice Lake, WI and later Cameron, WI from 1964 to 1969. They went belly up and had a liquidation auction in early 1970.

Chet Karstaedt and Bart Hoekstra were co-owners of Span Boats, Inc. from 1964 to 1966. Chet's son Brad has in recent years been marketing and selling these canoes. They are built for him by a fiberglass firm someplace near Sheboygan, WI.

Andreas