Miss Canada IV

[Jetmate]

Viper boat pic 479 happened to catch my eye, so I did a little research.
200mph in 1940,,,,,,,,,, not bad! Incredible double stepped hull, Rolls Royce engine. Pretty cool. Have a look:

http://www.tom-adams-muskoka-boats.com/home/miss-canada

 

[redstrat]

I got a chance to see it at Grace and Speed in Gravenhurst. The guy at the museum told me that they found it in a field. I think he told me that the engine serial # is only 4 digits from the original.

 

[ianz]

Hey guys there is a book and a movie about this. just look up Harold and Lorna Wilson on google.

http://www.haroldandlornamovie.com/

That boat has no neutral so when it start it is in gear and the gears are 3:1 (not 1:3) so at idle it does 27 MPH.

 

[nathan]

that is a cool old boat!!

 

[topgun]

I'v seen thing thing before on the net. Yeah she is badazz and also a work of art. I'm glad she was not lost to time and brought back to her former glory.

 

[JT Patroni]

Miss Canada III

This pic was taken in 2009 at the Clayton Antique Boat Museum.

Very similar in design (if not the same) to the Miss Canada IV.

 

[Jetmate]

I am definitely gonna have to order the movie. Thanks for the pics and info.

 

[ianz]

the motor is a 37 litre displacement v12 Rolls Royce. Miss Canada IV is a stretched version of III

There is a whole story of where this boat was in a museum in Ingersol Onatrio and a guy with a load of money has arranged to have it restored to its original state.


check out this vid someone shot during one of it test runs.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9I3-Fi2quk4

Sadly it has been a challenge to get it running and keep it running (pretty much like it was way back when also)

This topic is quite close to me as I grew up with Harold Wilson's grandson and heard many stories of his racing days.

It is a great part of Canadian and Muskoka history.