The Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Lifeboat and Its Place of Birth the Atlantic College
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/01/2010
The rigid-hulled inflatable is used in its hundreds of thousands worldwide by lifesaving organisations, the offshore energy industry, the military, the marine racing world and the leisure market. This book recounts the incredible story of its birth - in the pioneering international Atlantic College for 16-19-year-old school students, under the inspiring leadership of the colleges first headmaster, Desmond Hoare, a former engineering Admiral in the Royal Navy. In just 3 weeks, two Atlantic College Dutch students built Psychedelic Surfer, the rigid-hulled inflatable that defied the sceptics to finish 19th in Britains first-ever Round Britain Powerboat Race in 1969 - the achievement that launched the rigid-hulled inflatable into the consciousness of the lifesaving community across the world.
- ISBN:
- 9781857571035
- 9781857571035
- Category:
- Marine engineering
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-01-2010
- Publisher:
- Granta Editions
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
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