boat
Dad's red airboat
- Type
- Airboat
- Owner
- James Creek → Matt
In the book
Fire-engine red hull, white bow, 'just the right amount of rust.' Wrecked in the accident, found in a junkyard by Snapper, restored by Dan. Matt's sixteenth-birthday gift and next summer's project.
Boatyard notes
- An aircraft-style propeller pushes the flat-bottomed hull over inches of water and sawgrass.
- Airboats need a full driver's license in Florida — hence the DMV trip.
- Everglades airboats are loud: ear protection is standard.
