Fastest Boats on the Water – The 60’s, 70’s and 80’s
During the 60’s boat propeller technology advanced along with boat hull tech and speed records. In the mid 1960’s an American, Lee Taylor and his boat jet Hustler was...
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After Malcomb Campbell set the record of 141.74 MPH. in 1939 the world was thrown into World War Two until mid 1945 when the war finally ended. After the war Malcomb Campbell...
Fastest Boats on the Water – Malcomb Campbell
Gar Wood’s speed records would be the last ones for big single keel boats using multiple engines and steel propellers. The next era of new speed records saw much smaller,...
Fastest Boats on the Water – The British
It seems like all the records and fame that the American Gar Wood was creating in the 1920’s with his four engine and twin boat propellers Miss America boats made some...
Fastest Boats on the Water – Gar Wood
In 1920 the legendary Gar Wood broke the water speed record with his racing boat Miss America using twin boat propellers with a top speed of 74.87 miles per hour on the Detroit...
Fastest Boats on the Water – The Hydrofoil Boat
The first gasoline engine powered watercraft to hold the water speed record using under water boat propellers was the forty foot boat named the Dixie IV designed by Clinton Crane....
Fastest Vessel on the Water – Steam Powered Boat Propellers
Part One: Steam Powered Boat Propellers The world’s fastest water vessels down through the years is an interesting history of man’s never ending quest of constantly...
Acme Propellers – Inboard Boat Propellers
Acme Propellers is an American company that started out in 1996 by a group of talented people with many years of experience in boat propellers. Their goal has been to create the...
OJ Props – Inboard Boat Propellers
OJ Props produce inboard boat propellers for various boats. They have been around for almost eighty years since starting out in 1936 by it’s founder Oscar Johnson along with...
Composite Boat Propellers: Piranha Propellers
Claiming the tensile strength is fifteen percent stronger than an aluminum propeller, Piranha boat props have been around for about twenty years now and are made out of their own...
Composite Boat Propellers – Comprops
Composite Boat Propellers are boat propellers made out of a composite material consisting of plastics, resins and high tech fibers. They first came out in the 1990’s as a...
Largest Outboard Motors Part Five: Honda BF 250
Honda’s largest outboard motor is the BFT250. 250 horsepower V-6 3.6 liter 4 stroke engine. Large fourteen to sixteen inch diameter boat propeller can be used in pitch sizes...