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 river. Wood was by far the most successful boat racer of his time. Starting in 1917 he won the Gold Cup race which was back then the most prestigious boat race in the world, five...
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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. It set the record on September 9th. 1911 with a speed of 45.21 mph. The record then started to change hands many times in the next eight years by long and narrow sporty racing...
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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 most advanced boat props using the best precision machining and engineering techniques possible. Only the highest grade of metals are used in their propellers so Acme makes the best...
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The Dis-Pro Boat Company located in Canada produced an inboard style wooden boat between 1914 and 1926 (and some were built up into the 1950’s) known as the “Dippy” that you could raise the drive shaft and boat propeller up into the bottom of the boat using a manual hand lever while under way so you could avoid hitting stuff like rocks and...
Read MoreLoading your boat on to your trailer at the boat ramp is pretty much just the reverse of what you did when you launched it as described in our previous article “How to easily Launch Your Boat by Yourself“. When you are done for the day and it’s time to go home, drive your boat the the ramp dock if there is one and tie it to the...
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