BOAT FOR DUCK SHOOTERS.—This boat, specially built to be used among weeds and water growth by duck shooters, has been designed and built by two Greymouth businessmen, Messrs J. Jackson and J. Fisher. The most unusual feature is the propulsion system—an air Propeller mounted above the stern. The. propeller was built to his own design by Mr Jackson, out of steel and galvanised iron It is driven by a 3¼ horsepower petrol engine through a double V-belt. Named the Fantail, the boat has a 14ft flat-bottom hull, and in trials has reached 10 miles an hour. It is intended to use the boat for pleasure during the summer
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 15
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108BOAT FOR DUCK SHOOTERS.—This boat, specially built to be used among weeds and water growth by duck shooters, has been designed and built by two Greymouth businessmen, Messrs J. Jackson and J. Fisher. The most unusual feature is the propulsion system—an air Propeller mounted above the stern. The. propeller was built to his own design by Mr Jackson, out of steel and galvanised iron It is driven by a 3¼ horsepower petrol engine through a double V-belt. Named the Fantail, the boat has a 14ft flat-bottom hull, and in trials has reached 10 miles an hour. It is intended to use the boat for pleasure during the summer Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 15
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