Peter Knight, of Christchurch, pictured with his new speedboat, The Boss, will attempt the world speed record at Lake Aviemore in September. The present record is 265km/h. The Christchurch businessman, who has an outstanding record in New Zealand speedboating, built The Boss late last year with his son, Peter, junior. The craft has an American-designed hull and a single-seated 427 super-charged Chevroletpowered 280km/h hydroplane. It is 6.5 m in length, and 3m in width. The Knights last month
took The Boss to Victoria. Australia, to challenge for the world-ranking Griffith Cup. The Boss finished second in the final on the Lake Eppalock course, which is about 120 km north of Melbourne. “For such a new boat and in a low depth of the water at Eppalock it was a great debut in international competition,” said Mr Knight senior, yesterday. Knight's delay in attempting the world record is not unexpected. “We’ve got a lot of work to do on this boat and the only way we’ll do this is by racing her in the next month or so in New Zealand.”
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