Harmsworth Cup
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The Harmsworth Cup, popularly known as the Harmsworth Trophy, is a historically important British international trophy for motorboats.
Napier motor yacht, 1903
Miss America II
Doug Bricker
Garfield Wood
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Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to trav
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…by Americans for the first time. The US and England traded it back and forth until 1920. From 1920 to 1933, Americans had an unbroken winning streak. Gar Wood won this race eight times as a driver and nine times as an owner between 1920 and 1933. Time magazine said of the 1920 race: "Many a race between shadowy…
Garfield Wood in 1938