Classic Speedboats, 1916-39 - Hardcover

Guetat, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1870979966 ISBN 13: 9781870979962

Publisher: Bay View Books Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Experience the heyday of speedboats-an era when speed was still a novel plaything of the wealthy, and boats were raced as passionately as Duesenbergs and Bugattis. Powered by monstrous inboard engines-the fruits of wartime technology-these luxurious specimens and their intrepid pilots competed fiercely with rivals around the world. Relish in meticulous cutaway drawings, archival photography and opulent color shots of impeccably restored mahogany torpedoes cleaving the waves today, just as they did in years past. 10 X 10, 192 pgs., 200 b/w and 114 color photos.'

About this title

Synopsis:

Many of the speedboats developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s have today been restored or reconstructed. In this book, they are shown in both black and white and colour photographs, while the text studies their glamorous life stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bay View Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1870979966
• ISBN 13: 9781870979962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192