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Websites
British Powerboat Company
www.yalumba.co.uk/Framesets/British Power Boat Co.htm
Contains a timeline, photographs and other information on the speedboat company set up by Hubert Scott-Paine.
British Military Powerboat Trust
www.bmpt.org.uk/index.html
Site celebrating powerboats of the early 20th Century.
Garfield Wood
www.garwoods.com/story.html
The story of Garfield Wood and his impact on speedboat racing in the 1920s and 30s.
Henry Segrave
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6884/henrysegrave.htm
A biography of the Balitimore-born racing driver who competed against Gar Wood in 1929.
Hubert Scott Paine
www.bmpt.org.uk/history/scottp_hist.html
Part of the British Military Powerboat Trust website, this biography discusses Paine's importance in the development of speedboats.
Land Speed Record
www.landspeed.com/learn.html
Details of Henry Segrave's involvement in breaking the land speed record.
Power and Motor Yachts
www.powerandmotoryacht.com
This site has everything a powerboat enthusiast could ever want.
Powerboat Online
www.powerboatmag.com/breakingnews/story66.php
Website of the world's leading powerboating magazine.
Speedboat Kings
www.lesliefield.com/other_history/speedboat_kings_1_the_worlds_classic.htm
Listed in chapters, this site tells the complete story of the Harmsworth Trophy and the 'Speedboat Kings'. Everything is touched upon, including biographies of all the main players.
Speedboat Classics
www.speedboatclassics.com
Enthusiasts' site for those who love speedboats. Includes a biography of Gar Wood.
Books
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All About Powerboats: Understanding design and performance by Roger Marshall (Tab Books, 2002)
Roger Marshall is an accomplished naval architect. In this book he details everything you need to know about powerboats, from their hulls to their engines. Buy this book from Amazon |
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Gar Wood Boats: Classics from the golden era by Anthony S Mollica (Motorbooks International, 1999)
Charts Gar's life and achievements, concentrating on the detail of the speedboats that helped him dominate the sport for three decades. Buy this book from Amazon |
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