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Word: playboat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Biggest was a 56-ft., 26-ton yacht priced at $36,000. Smallest was a child's six-foot playboat. Fastest was a Century hydroplane guaranteed to go 65 m. p. h. To see these and one hundred other craft, worth $2,000,000 and drydocked temporarily in Manhattan's Grand Central Palace, the biggest crowd (20,000) in its history attended the premiere of the annual Motor Boat Show last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Show Boats | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

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