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At what location did Gar Wood set a Water speed record? (20 September 1932)

Admin wrote:At what location did Gar Wood set a Water speed record? (20 September 1932)

earth..lol havnt got a bloody clue..

Admin wrote:At what location did Gar Wood set a Water speed record? (20 September 1932)

what about .the st clair river.

ieven googled it to see and couldnt find a correct answer..... 0_o

ok i looked with some intrest and yes very interesting.... im sure he could have put 6 engines it tho.... Miss America X was 12 metres long, and was powered by four supercharged Packard aeroplane engines. On September 20, 1932, Wood drove his new monster-boat to 124.860 mph (200.943 km/h). It would prove to be the end of an era. st clair river

Little easy ay Torkan?
Your up.

what style of race boat was a boat called "tempest"

"Tempest"

was a 16 foot round nose rear seat hydro, the forerunner of "Torkan"

Spook

that was way toooooo easy.bob..you could have waited a little longer.. your up..

How many generations of the Jones family have been designing and building Hydroplanes in the USA? What are their names?

This should be easy.

Spook

3 Generations, Ted Jones, Ron Jones Sr, & Ron Jones jr.

http://www.thunderboats.org/history/history0258.html

Loved the article

Now its your go

What was Henry Lauterbach's fastest boat and what was its averaged speed on a two-way straightaway run?

Reckon Advance United a GP at 170 mph. Kent Hitchcock blew it over on an attempt to lift this mark. Being pedantic as a boat built from a frame kit by the Knights might have been faster!!

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Sorry not the Answer im looking for

OK then, The Boss built from a Lauterbach frame kit by the Knights, 177.5 mph. If not these then I'll bite! ( and politely ask for proof positive)LOL.

OK then, The Boss built from a Lauterbach frame kit by the Knights, 177.5 mph. It not these then I'll bite (and politely ask for proof positive) LOL

Correct
Henry's fastest boat was The Boss, which averaged 178 mph on a two-way straightaway run, reaching almost 200 pmph at one point.

Source:
http://www.lauterbachboats.com/henry.html

Your up

Since records were kept who is the youngest person to have held the outright Australian water speed record?

heres a guess craig bailey..

Nice try. Did Craig ever hold the outright Oz record? Dont think so. Anyway it was way before and younger than Craig would have been if he did, can gaurantee that.

Craig was the youngest Australian to break the 100mph

Would it have been Ernie Nunn?

Not Ernie and while that may be true for Craig the record had long passed that speed.
This is a truly nasty question so will throw in a few clues; there has been power boat racing in Oz for over 100 years and the APBA was formed in 1929.