KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — It appears former President George H.W. Bush felt the necessity for pace within the waters off Maine, the place he stored a virtually 1,000 horsepower speedboat. And for the fitting worth, another person can expertise its pleasure.
The vessel is about to go up for public sale on Thursday throughout the 2024 Presidential Salute public sale in Houston, mentioned Hutton Higgins, a spokesperson for the George & Barbara Bush Foundation.
Proceeds from promoting the 38-foot speedboat “Fidelity V” might be used to broaden choices on the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum and The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Bush bought the 2011-model Fountain 38CC after each he and his son, former President George W. Bush, had left workplace.
The watercraft is emblazoned with a presidential seal and boasts three Mercury outboard engines that may propel the vessel to 75 mph. The boat was used within the North Atlantic waters off Kennebunkport, the place the Texas household has a summer time retreat on the Maine coast.
It’s the fifth of George H.W. Bush’s speedboats to bear the title Fidelity. The first is on show on the Bush library and museum, and the fourth remains to be in use in Kennebunkport, Higgins mentioned.
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