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A machine for turning gasoline and good weather into impulsive financial decisions.
means A small boat propelled by an engine rather than by sails or oars.
from A transparent compound: "motor" plus "boat," stitched together in the early days of the internal-combustion engine when small craft first traded canvas and oars for machinery. "Motor" comes from the Latin movere, "to move" (by way of motor, "mover"), the same root that gave us "motion" and "momentum" — so a motorboat is, quite literally, a moving-boat.
- money pit
- Best two days: buying it and selling it
- speed record
- Water boats have topped 317 mph
- hull magic
- Planing lets it skim atop water, not plow
- propeller risk
- Spinning blades cause thousands of injuries yearly
- old soul
- First gas-powered boat launched in 1886
miss england iii — donald campbell's speedboat that set 7 world water speed records between 1955-1964
spirit of australia — ken warby's jet-powered boat that set the world water speed record of 511 km/h in 1978
unlimited hydroplane jets — high-speed racing boats competing in apba gold cup since 1904 on american rivers