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Trends. Three 1930 boating trends were discerned: 1) Hearty price-cutting all down the line. 2) The entry of cheap inboard runabouts into the outboard class. 3) Increased power and better accommodations in the fast express and commuting cruisers. Many of the 39 large boats shown have adopted twin-screws...
About the same size was a Ludington "Sportship Senior," Gray-powered, designed by Outboard Racer Jake Dunnell...
...Engines. Outboard engines showed some changes. A newcomer was Indian Motorcycle Co. with a two-cylinder, two-cycle job developing 12 h. p. at 4,500 r. p. m. Included in this division were of course the venerable Johnson Motor Co. and Outboard Motors Corp., merger of Elto, Evinrude and Lockwood. The latter offered a 29-lb. folding outboard motor to be tucked into a small carrying case. Among the inboards, Universal Engine Co. showed the "Blue Jacket," a 4-cylinder, 45 h. p. plant for runabouts. Larger engines embraced Chrysler's new "Majestic," a 152 h. p. eight...
...American Power Boat Assn.'s regatta for outboard motor boats and hydroplanes at Lake Elsinore...
...flotilla of outboard motorboats, droning like happy bees, started up the Mississippi from New Orleans trying to beat the new record of 87 hr. 31 min. to St. Louis...