Motor Boat Notes.

Progress, Volume V, Issue 12, 1 October 1910, Page 24

Motor Boat Notes.

Messrs. Collings and Bell report the launching from their slip of a 30ft. cabin launch for Mr. W. T. Queleli, of Parnell. Among the new things in her design is the roomy cockpit, partly glassed, front and half sides, to keep the helmsman dry and in shelter. The cabin is roomy, 7ft. long, neatly panelled, with two bunks over lockers. The engine room is forward. The engine is a 10 h.p. Doman Medium type, which drives the craft at a good speed. The boat is lighted by electricity, and there is a sparking outfit for the engine, consisting of dynamo, automatic cut-out Annette, and storage battery for keeping the lights going after the stoppage of the engine. The boat on her trial behaved in every way splendidly in the heavy sea that was running in the channel. The owner, who was on board — Mr. Quelch, of Parnell — expressed his great satisfaction, and as this is the third boat the firm has built for him, the fact is suggestive of the manner in which work is turned out at their factory.

This firm is building two tuck stern centreboard yachts for Messrs. Murphy and Chamberlain, of Ponui Island.The owners intend to use them both for cruising and racing. '