Word: gx
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aitken; and Rum Runner, a 31-ft. bomb, driven by Florida's Harold Abbott, whose twin 521-h.p. Holman-Moody Ford engines made it the most powerful boat in the race. For competition, there were 32 other boats. General Motors pinned its hopes on Allied 36 and Allied GX, a pair of 40-ft. monsters powered by twin 315-h.p. G.M. diesels. From Louisiana's Gulf Coast came Ragin' Cajun, a 32-ft. diesel whose skipper announced: "This is a work boat, the kind we use to take workers out to the offshore oil rigs...
Cracks & Leaks. By the time the field reached Cat Cay, 441 miles from Miami, eleven boats were already out of the race. Ragin' Cajun gave up with clutch trouble. Aboard Allied GX, a geyser of steam and water suddenly shot up from the ruptured bilges. The crew watched sadly from a life raft as the $140,000 boat sank in 600 fathoms...