Mahogany Speedboat

     This is a typical recreational speedboat available from the mid-1920s through the 1930s.  Their good quality and reasonable price made boating a popular pastime with middle-class America.  The availability of cheaper and more durable materials, such as aluminum and fiberglass, ended the age of the mahogany boat in the 1950s.

 

Subassemblies: Medium Boat chassis with Wooden option +3.

Powertrain:  118-kW gasoline engine with 118-kW screw prop and 30-gallon standard fuel tank [Body].

Occ.:  1 XCS, 5 XPS Body

Cargo:  18 Body

 

Armor

All:  2/2W

 

Statistics:

Size:  19'x6'x2'    Payload:  0.69 tons       Lwt.:  4.1 tons

Volume:  56          Maint.:  184 hours        Cost:  $1,180

HT:  12.    HPs:  375 Body.

wSpeed:  24     wAccel:  4     wDecel:  .7 (2.7)   wMR:  0.1    wSR:  2

Draft: 1.7'.  Flotation Rating:  6.72 tons. 

 

Design Notes:

     There are no deviations from the MVDS.

 

Variants:

     A myriad of boats by different manufacturers were available.  This design represents an amalgamation of information collected on a number of them.

 

From the Aerodrome for GURPS

© 2008 by Jim Antonicic