CLAIMS NEW WORLD SPEED BOAT RECORD OF 111 M.P.H.
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NEW YORK, Saturday. A report from Miami Beach (Elorida), states that Gar Wood has claimed a !new wprld speedboat record with a two-way average of 111.712 miles rer hour on the Indian creek course here with Miss Ameriea IX. Wood recol'ded 112.434 miles an hour on the southward run over a nautical mile and ilO.989 on the r.orthward run. The elapsed time southward was 36.87 seconds and r.orthward 37.34 seconds. The average speed figure per statute miles sueed was 1.489 miles an hour faster than that recorded by Kaye Don at Lake Garda (Italy), last July. • Before Wood's time becomes official it must b'e approved by the International Association and tbe Yacbtmen's Association of Ameriea. Wood said that changes iri the hull and installation of super-chargers in his boat brought higher speed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 142, 8 February 1932, Page 5
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151CLAIMS NEW WORLD SPEED BOAT RECORD OF 111 M.P.H. Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 142, 8 February 1932, Page 5
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