the largest single-engine racing boat built in France in the" unlimited "class was handbuilt by the Chauvière boatyard at Vitry-sur-Seine with a strong double-diagonal mahogany planked hull using thousands of countersunk copper rivets.
2,196 cubic inches - 36 liters - and powered by six Hispano twin-barrel carburetors.
https://silodrome.com/v12-powered-wooden-hydroplane/
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24882/lot/345/?category=list&length=100&page=2
I read 85% of water speed record attempts end in death.
ReplyDeleteI recall hearing that from The Grand Tour goofballs, and reposting it
Delete