![]() ![]() Adrian Waddams celebrates the Dowty Turbocraft it offered increased safety to people in the water. With its propulsion machinery protected inboard there was little risk of damage from grounding, and BY Adrian Waddams CEng FIMechE MRINA 56 years ago it was the dawn of the jet age in boating, and one boat started the revolution. With its flush jet intake, it had no underwater appendages and a shallow draft, the Dowty Turbocraft could plane at full speed in ankle-deep water and slide sideways dramatically in turns. It looked, felt and sounded powerful, and could perform manoeuvres and stunts that no conventional speedboat could match. Dowty Turbocraft Brochures from 1960 More than half a century ago the Dowty Turbocraft speedboat, unique at that time in being water jet propelled, was introduced at the 1960 London Boat Show.
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