MOTOR LAUNCHING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 6

MOTOR LAUNCHING.

/ A FOR SYDNEY. . ; Mr. J. D. Williams, ' tho caiergetfa v Amorioan who in a tow years has amassed. a considerable fortuho as tho pioneer., of.: •the monng picture in Melbourne' i and Sydney, pn>po»s, to introduco to Sydney harbour a motof-boat which will'b® .. ■ : tho fastest craft of any sortintho world;'t :| Sydney motor-boat enthusiasts have al>, ready in commission launches capable of a ~ 'Speed of 30 knots an hour, but Mr; J. D. Williams's flier will. completely outwbss them, being dasigned for a smooth-water speed of fifty-four miles an hour, or something a little faster than the fastest express trains in the Southern Hemisphere. The boat-, which is being built in Sydney,' is a hydroplane. Moving at top-speed the null will rise bodily out oi' the water, fall only thus stern, with this'propellers and,, rudder, remain#, in actual contact with ' tlw sea. 1 The boat will be only 20 feet long, and most of tho spaco aboard her will bo occupied by tho engines, of which- . there are tiro cight-cylindcr ssts, each developing 75 horae-poWor. Tho engines are said to bo tho most powerful ever placed , in a baat'of tho size. The little 6hip .wiir not be exactly a comfortable and pleasure craft-to take a,'seat in. There are seals for a crew of two only, and the crew must' sit' in the stern sheers, just abaft the exhaust pipes of. tho engines. Whon riin- v nine at high speed the boats will bo about', as cleanly as tho inside of « factory chimney, but on epeod craft cleanlin««s ivnd comfort are not considered at all. The nlons for the new boat were prepared by ; , Mr. Maurice M. Whitaker, of New York, designer of' many successful motor-racers. . The cost of tho craft will be something over £3000. : . ; : .