Christened as WeeJoe II, POSH has been featured in a number of boat publications including Speedboat, Commuters, and Classic Yacht. WeeJoe II was one of only three Hacker designed-Huskins built boats ever made.   These three Hacker boats are among the most famous, and some say the most beautiful, commuter style yachts ever built.

First in the series, built in 1936, was a 44-footer, for Jules Stein, then chairman of the Music Corporation of America (later known as MCA) for $65,000. Two years after his acquisition he sold the boat to his friend, and one of the biggest MCA artists, Guy Lombardo. Guy Lombardo campaigned the boat under the name TEMPO (the same name that he used for his race boats).

WeeJoe II was built second, and was equipped with original 6 cylinder Packard engines for Joe Cooper of Poughkeepsie, NY.  Cooper owned a series of theaters in the Midwest, including some that unveiled Cinerama technology.  He purchased WeeJoe II for $75,000.

The third boat in the series was built for George Wittell in 1939, and includes a stainless steel cabin roof  which was designed to mimic the lines of  his DC2 airplane. This boat sold for $82,000. He named the boat Thunderbird, after his estate on Lake Tahoe, part of which is known today as Incline Village. Thunderbird (the boat) is now a part of the foundation that cares for Thunderbird (the estate) on Lake Tahoe.

These three boats represent the most limited of limited production, and, in many ways, it’s amazing all three have been preserved, and still exist. We are honored to have both Tempo and WeeJoe II (POSH) as part of the Mahogany Bay Collection.

Sometime in the 50’s, WeeJoe II ended up in Canada in an area known as the Back of Bays.  In 2003, we brought her to Minnesota.  We rechristened her POSH, in honor of our dear departed friend Bob Speltz. Speltz, the co-founder of the Land O’ Lakes chapter of the ACBS, wrote a series of books called The Real Runabouts featuring several wooden boat manufacturers.  In volume three of his series, he described WeeJoe II as ‘posh’ because she was such an elegant commuter boat.

POSH is now the flagship of Mahogany Bay.  Spend an afternoon on Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka, and you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of her sliding through the water.