FIRST AUSTRALIAN HYDROPLANE.
■ //*•, W- hatmoro's.-.Jong-pipmised -hydroplane.is.now.. an accomplished • fact ■ (savs the Sydney i.-Hwald'A of last ,woek). .Tho gines havo-been' installed''by Mort's Dock Compitny dunrig -tho past..week,, i ahd' tho. hull is -.receiving, the' finishing, touches preparatory- % being put' .under ; trial. ' Mr..: W'ktmoro fully oxpccts /to attain a speed of 20. knots an hour, which, if attained,- will doubtless whet the. appetites of motor boat enthusiasts here, abovo will possibly bo, shortly, followed by other racing machines of tho same.type.'. . '• ...
hull, is 'lift, long, 40in. :;beam, and Win deep, has ; two panes " in' the bottom, wluolns quite flat, each plane, having a rise °r IA 7 wg'ne 'S i a ; .l4-h.p. -doublocylmder'Aster, motor.. The hull.,is built of two .thickneeses. of cedar of oilo-eighth of an inch, with a layer of 'varnished muslin • botwwn- It HmHwo-. fore-and-aft bulkheads,' which divide the boat into three compartments; tho certtre one is ocoupied by t!ie machinerywhilst fcllo. one. on''cither' side' being, air-tight,-will act as a'-.biiov, in the event' of the ■ -hydroplane coming 'to' grief. : strange - effort at: boatbuilding., has- been : chnrtencd Slippery Die!'- * ; • . :..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 8
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178FIRST AUSTRALIAN HYDROPLANE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 8
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