SEGRAVE’S CHALLENGE.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1930, Page 5

SEGRAVE’S CHALLENGE.

4000 ' HORSE-POWER BOAT I BUILT. ATTEMPT TO LOWER RECORD- . By Te-leeranh —Press Assn. —Copyright. London, May 5. Lifebelts reinforced with steel strips will be worn by Sir Henry Segrave and his mechanics during their-attempt at a motor speed record On Lake Windermere in Lord ■ Wakefield’s 4000 horsepower motor boat, “Mb's England 11.,’-’ which will be launched on. June 1- If they are thrown out when travelling at 100* miles an hour the water will be as hard as a rock, and their steel coats, therefore, will act as springs and take the first shock, whereas with cork belts the men would probably break every bone in their bodies. ■ _ ■ The propeller is only 15 inches in diameter, so the engineer has only a vague knowledge of what will happen when 4000 house-power. is released. The designer allows for 12,500 revolutions per minute compared with GBOO revolutions of “Miss England I.” The new boat weighs 44 tons and is built- of wood, steel and aluminium. After the tests at Lake Windermere itwill be taken to the United States in the hope of wresting Gar Wood’s record from America,