SPEED BOAT GOES LIKE A FAST TRAIN
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SPEED BOAT GOES LIKE A FAST TRAIN
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SPEED BOAT GOES LIKE FAST TRAIN Royden Foley's "Tut"Makes More Than 35Miles an Hour in HarborWhat does it feel like to travel over the water at 35 or 40 miles an hour?It feels verv, good an a day Nke yesterday as a reporter discovered last evening early when he was the guest of Royden Foley in the motor speed boat Tut for a spin about the harbor.With the small craft doing about 35 miles an hour and skimming over the surface of the water as though passing through the air, the high temperature was made far more endurable. An occasional fine spray as the boat struck the back of a long swell with her nose made things seem even cooler and, although the water had a salty taste, the partial wetting was not at all disagree-able.There were some thrills in the trip, the 22-foot craft tearing over the harbor at a rate equalled only by the fastest warships and taking curves like an express train.The powerful Curtis aeroplane engine drove the boat along easily and brought her to a maximum speed in a very short time.As the rate increased the craft rose higher and higher in the water and the stern, in which the reporter was sitting, was completely clear of the water at times. The boat is built in such a way that, when going at full speed, there is only one portion of the hull, near the back part of the middle, that is touching the water and the draught is only a few Home-made.The speed boat is 22 feet in length, 5 feet 3 inches in width and has a stepped hull, the after part being higher than the forward section. The engine is a Curtis 100 horse power aeroplane mo-tan adapted for marine work by Mr.Foley and having several improvements added by him. The only occasion on which the craft was timed for any distance was at Renforth last Saturday when she did three miles with an average speed of more than 35 miles an hour. The owners believe that she is capable of nearly 40 miles if pushed to the limit.Besides being very fast, the boat is seaworthy and is as good for cruising as most ordinary motor boats. She was brought down the Kennebeccasis and St. John rivers and through the Reversing Falls on Wednesday despite the heavy sea which followed Tuesday's storm. She was only entered in one race this season, the Power Boat Club speed event at Crystal Beach, and won that easily. There was no competition in the proposed race at Renforth lastSaturday.The builders of the boat and the ones to whom the credit is due for her fine construtcion are Royden Foley, his brother, Samuel Foley, and Christie Haycock. They spent some time in trial runs and in tuning the engine before it was finally considered fitted for marine work by them.The boat will be hauled out of the water today and prepared for showing at the St. John exhibition.
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022.016.059