JFK's personal 17-foot runabout up for auction in New York
by Peter Janssen on 30 Sep 2017
John F. Kennedy's Wooden Speedboat Guernsey's / Getty
Now you, too, can own a piece of Camelot. President John F. Kennedy's restored 17-foot mahogany runabout, named RESTOFUS, is up for auction on October 7 at Guernsey's in New York. A 1961 Century Resorter, the boat is estimated to sell for between $100,000 and $200,000.
JFK's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. won the boat in a church raffle. It became JFK's personal boat, since his brother, Bobby, already had a 1962 Century Coronado. The name is a play on words. Earlier, Joe Kennedy, the patriarch, had named a boat TENOFUS, referring to the size of his family at that time.
The RESTOFUS became JFK's personal boat; he used it with Jackie. After he was assassinated, it went to his brother, Edward M. Kennedy, and eventually on to other owners.
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