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2. Gar Wood Speedster - Wikipedia

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   The Gar Wood Speedster is a model of 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by Garfield Wood under the "Gar Wood" brand, and powered with various single six-cylinder flathead marine engines. Of the fourteen original Speedsters, three have been widely researched due to their famous owners – "Miss Behave" and "Miss Chief" from ...

3. Bluebird K7 - Wikipedia

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   Bluebird K7 is a jet engined hydroplane in which Britain's Donald Campbell set seven world water speed records between 1955 and 1967. K7 was the first successful jet-powered hydroplane, and was considered revolutionary when launched in January 1955. Campbell and K7 were responsible for adding almost 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) to the water ...

4. Go-fast boat - Wikipedia

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   A go-fast boat is a small, fast power boat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull. During the United States alcohol prohibition era, these boats were used in "rum-running", transferring illegal liquor from larger vessels waiting outside US territorial waters to the mainland. Their high speed enabled them to avoid interception ...

5. CB90-class fast assault craft - Wikipedia

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   CB90 HSM: 1 × Saab Trackfire RWS. Stridsbåt 90 H (alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. Its name means Combat Boat 90 Half; the 90 refers to the year of acceptance (1990) and Half refers to the fact that it can carry ...

6. Donald Aronow - Wikipedia

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   Lillian Crawford. Children. 5. Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 – February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder, and racer of Formula, Donzi, Magnum Marine, Cary, and Cigarette Racing Team speedboats. Aronow built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, George H. W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson .

7. 49er (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   49er (dinghy) The 49er and 49er FX is a two-handed skiff-type high-performance sailing dinghy. The two crew work on different roles with the helm making many tactical decisions, as well as steering, and the crew doing most of the sail control. Both of the crew are equipped with their own trapeze and sailing is done while cantilevered over the ...

8. Crusader (speedboat) - Wikipedia

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   1. Crusader was a jet -powered speed boat piloted by John Cobb . The combination of an aerodynamically stable hull form and turbojet propulsion was proposed by Reid Railton, Cobb's adviser. A rocket-powered scale model was tested at Haslar. The full size design was by Peter du Cane and built by Vospers of Portsmouth.

9. 118 WallyPower - Wikipedia

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   118 WallyPower. 118 WallyPower, christened Galeocerdo, is a 118-foot (36 m) luxury motor yacht with a maximum speed of 60 knots (69 mph; 110 km/h), designed by Lazzarini Pickering Architetti, produced by Wally Yachts. [ 1] The yacht is narrow and angular in design with black glass housing, driven by three Vericor TF50 gas turbines generating ...