SAFETY IN SPEED BOATS
NEW MISS ENGLAND PLANNED. DRAUGHT of ONLY FIVE INCHED By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. ' London, Dec. 7. “I intend to build a Miss England W f with such modifications as to give th | pilot greater control and safety,” Sil Charles Wakefield announced at th ] Authors’ Club dinner. He was sanguin) that the boat would hold the recon! against any challengers. He mentioned the surprising fact thai] when going at high speed Miss Englam ’ 11. had a draught of only five inches, She was as near an aeroplane as conk! be imagined with a rudder of only five inches’ grip. The risk of porpoising iij ruffled water -was great and if that di< happen the impact would be equivalent to a motor-car hitting a brick wall.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1931, Page 7
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