Brigitte Bardot, Gianni Agnelli, and George Clooney are just some of the names most associated with wooden speedboats.

But what about the people that made them happen in the first place? It takes more than 1,000 hours into building a single vessel or to restore them in order to keep the antique mahogany beauties afloat.

Let?s honor them below!

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