In 1916 a 36-foot sea sled was the world’s fastest cruising cabin boat at 34 mph. in 1918 a 55-footer made 55 mph with only 1,800 hp while carrying a 10,000-pound bomber. with its airplane’s engines racing, the boat went fast enough to launch the plane from the rough english channel to attack germany.. A plan for an inverted v hull sailboat called "sea mite" was published in "science and mechanics" and "boat builder handbook" as craft print project no.324. this appears to be based on hickman's sea sled design.. Compared to the narrow and heavy boats of the day, the “sled” was stunningly fast. to be sure the box shape and flattish bottom would pound itself to pieces in a sea, and it was not pretty, but speed made up for those shortcomings in many minds..
The sea sled story circa 1985 hickman’s designs for sea sled ,i understand came into public domain in about 1985.it was salvatore ionati, a connecticut gynaecologist with a rare passion for boats ,and a fascination for hickman’s design for the inverted v. reinvented the “sea sled company”.. Beautiful mahogany 1932 hickman sea sled, model 16 motor boat. 16 feet long. double cockpit. built for speed, a classic high-performance boat with lots of years left on water under the care of the right person. the sea sled is an engineering marvel, its design a breakthrough in design and function. it was built by albert hickman who, according to wooden boat magazine, was one. Support mike for maintaining the index.paypal: indexes now updated by mike report bad links or send comments to mike: about me.
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