NEW SPEED-BOAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21552, 25 July 1933, Page 10

NEW SPEED-BOAT

masport cup craft ORDER FROM WAN GAN UI UNUSUAL STERN DESIGN An order for a .Masport Cup challenger has been placed with the Invincible Boat Company by Mr. l<\ I'Yeoman, of Wanganui. The new craft, which has been designed by Mr. S. Ford, is a two-step hydroplane, 2-1 ft. Gin. Ifing, with a beam of 6ft. Gin. A feature is that she has a streamline stern, the idea of the designer being to do away with the drag which is usually experienced in the tuck stern type of craft when travelling at speed. Her builders>laiin that she will bo the first of her particular design to make her appearance in the Dominion. The planking will be mahogany (two skins) and the frames will be of solid oak. The boat will be fitted with a ftOO li.p. Hispano aero engine, which will bo installed forward, with gear drive. The propeller will be geared to run faster than the motor, which, it is claimed, will give the maximum speed without unduly forcing the engine. When properly tuned up the boat is expected to attain a speed varying from Go to 75 miles an hour. She will be completed by October and will bo railed to Wanganui, where the engine will be installed and the official trials carried out. Mr. Freeman is a very keen motorboat enthusiast and is owner of Aoteroa and two other speed-craft. He represented AVanganui at the Masport Cup contest in Auckland last season. The cup was won by Jelo, owned by Mr. E. R. Lane, of Picton, who will be called upon to defend it at Picton during tho coming yachting season.