Tunnel-Hull Boat Won’t Roll (Nov, 1949)
Tunnel-Hull Boat Won’t Roll
GAR Wood, the silver-haired king of speedboat racing, has designed the most stable boat in the world.
The no-roll Venturi is 188 feet long and 40 feet wide, and has twin hulls which slice through the waves instead of climbing over them as do conventional craft. Propellers are 4-1/2 feet in diameter and extend below the hull, increasing draft at the stern to about 8 feet when underway. Read the rest of this entry »

































