A Speedboat Scrapbook: 1920 - 1950
Edition: No (only edition)
Publisher: Self published
Published: 1992
Format: Hardcover
Other titles: No
Description: A Speedboat Scrapbook 1920 - 1950 consists of photocopies of articles from boating magazines and newspapers reporting on over 100 eastern regattas from 1920 through 1950, with emphasis on Gold Cup class and Harmsworth races. With the articles are B&W photographs of more than 250 racing boats including over 140 Gold Cup, Harmsworth and Sweepstakes boats.

The book also contains an alphabetical list of boats (compiled from the articles in this scrapbook) that competed in Gold Cup, Harmsworth, Sweepstakes and Free-for-All races, plus other inboard racing boats identified in the photographs. Over 400 are listed by the year and month of each article and/or photograph in which they appear. If a reference is underlined, there will be a photograph of the boat. The racing history of a boat may be reviewed by referring to this list.

The book starts in 1920 with Garwood in Miss America I winning the British international trophy in England and the Gold Cup in Detroit. The book concludes in 1950 with Stanley Sayres and his Slo-Mo-Shun IV coming from Seattle to win the Gold Cup and Harmsworth races. In between are three decades of great speedboats, drivers, and races. As this is a scrapbook, what has been included is entirely subjective but it does include basic contemporary data of most major races for this period of powerboat racing, although a great deal of interesting material had to be omitted.
Notes: Hardcover in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover.
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