motorboats

The gang befriends the Fenwicks, missionaries to Costa Rica who are spending a month at Sugar Creek enjoying fishing and their motorboat, the Vida Eterna, while giving Mr. Fenwick's ailing heart a rest.

This book describes speedboats, explaining how their parts work to make them move, how they require skill and training for safe driving, and how they are used for both work and recreation.

Photographs and simple text describe speedboats, their main features, design, and races.

Surveys the uses, parts, and different kinds of power boats.

Ten-year-old twins Casey and Lacey's adventures continue when they use their magical machine to turn a model speedboat into a life-size motorboat to enter a race in San Francisco, and catch the attention of a villain from their past.

Provides information on the appearance, purposes, early history, and high-speed capabilities of speedboats--the fastest watercraft in the world.

Presents an illustrated overview of the history of powered ships, from the earliest wind and human powered vessels, to steam engines, iron giants, battleships, and luxury liners.

Presents detailed plans and instructions for creating more than twenty different contraptions that use low-cost or free materials, batteries, and a single motor.

An introduction to hydroplanes that describes what they are and discusses their history, parts, and uses. Includes a glossary and related resources.

Provides photographs and descriptions of ten of the fastest boats ever made, including the Trieste, the SeaCat Ferry, and the VSV Wave Piercer.