AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13485, 11 May 1907, Page 8

AQUATICS.

-Matters in the local aquatic- world ar». - very: quiet; at the • present time, and as the| weather hag set in on the cold side. both; sailing and motor boats are being hauled up , for tho winter. _ Some of the ■ powers of boats in tho Old > ■ world and in America ave very . high, For - instance," Antoinette V., which is only 26ft 26ft I 3in long, is driven by a 24-cyl. 360 horse- %$_ power Antoinette. .Amongst the 40ft class, Mendelssohn V. is propelled by a 500 horse- 1 power Mute!" motor. One of the Englishjgß representative's, Daimler 11., total horsepower is 270, with 18 eyls. ' > A POWERFUL YACHT. . / Mr. S. _Hordern's (Sydney) now yacht wih bo propollod by a 300" horse-power" D 4 typo * of Tliorneycroft engine, running at 750 revolutions per_ minute. The motors are ar* || ! ranged to , drive triple Thornoycroft propellers, through reversing clutches. Starting will be accomplished by compressed air. supplied by a six horse-power Tnorncycroft. This arrangement of starting is similar to. that- of the larger-powered Jersey City Standards. It will be noticed that the revolutions in the largo' type of motors » lower than in tho smaller, and therefore tbe noise, which has formed a very objectionable feature of the high-speed motors, may, ; be slightly reduced. • * ' > -Kf LTXX- isp ■■