EXPECTED TO DO 105 m.p.h.—The mystery motor-boat Estelle IV. with which Miss Betty Carstairs hoped to annex the Harmsworth International Trophy for Britain at Detroit on Saturday. The boat, which is built on very powerful lines, has three 1,000.h.p. engines, and was expected to do 105 miles an hour. It is 35 feet long, with a beam of 9ft. 6in. .It ran fourth. Gar Wood was the winner of the first heat.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 8
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72EXPECTED TO DO 105 m.p.h.—The mystery motor-boat Estelle IV. with which Miss Betty Carstairs hoped to annex the Harmsworth International Trophy for Britain at Detroit on Saturday. The boat, which is built on very powerful lines, has three 1,000.h.p. engines, and was expected to do 105 miles an hour. It is 35 feet long, with a beam of 9ft. 6in. .It ran fourth. Gar Wood was the winner of the first heat. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 8
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