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Water Motorsports At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Class A
The Class A (open class) was one of three motorboating classes contested on the Water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 3 boats.Official Report, p. 36. The open class was scheduled to take place on the first day of competition, 28 August. The race was a 40 nautical miles long. Two boats, ''Wolseley-Siddely'' and ''Dylan'', began the race. ''Dylan'' abandoned the race partway through the first lap, with ''Wolseley-Siddely'' finishing the first before the weather became too severe to continue the race. A second attempt to run the event took place the next day, after the other two races had been completed. ''Wolseley-Siddely'' again started, this time against ''Camille'' (the only French boat to take part in competition). ''Wolseley-Siddely'' ran aground on a mud spit, leaving ''Camille'' to finish alone for the gold medal. Results References See also * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Water Motorsports At The 1908 Summer Olympics - Class A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton Water
Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England. The city of Southampton lies at its most northerly point, where the estuaries of the River Test and River Itchen meet. Along its salt marsh-fringed western shores lie the New Forest villages of Dibden, Hythe and Fawley, and the Fawley Refinery. On the slightly steeper eastern shore are the Southampton suburb of Weston, the villages of Netley and Hamble-le-Rice, and the Royal Victoria Country Park. To the south, Southampton Water enters the Solent between Calshot Spit and Hill Head. Southampton Water is an estuary with major potential for land use conflicts. An area of urban development (the Waterside) runs in the narrow band of land between Southampton Water and the New Forest National Park. Villages such as Marchwood, Hythe, Dibden Purlieu, Holbury and Fawley have all experienced significant growth. Geography Geographically, Southampton Water is classified as a ria, or drowned valle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorboat
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gearbox and the propeller in one portable unit. An inboard-outboard contains a hybrid of an inboard and an outboard, where the internal combustion engine is installed inside the boat, and the gearbox and propeller are outside. There are two configurations of an inboard, V-drive and direct drive. A direct drive has the powerplant mounted near the middle of the boat with the propeller shaft straight out the back, where a V-drive has the powerplant mounted in the back of the boat facing backwards having the shaft go towards the front of the boat then making a ''V'' towards the rear. Overview A motorboat has one or more engines that propel the vessel over the top of the water. Boat engines vary in shape, size, and type. Engines are installed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Motorsports At The 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three motorboat racing events were contested. Various sources refer to the sport as "water motorsports", "motor boats",Cook, p. 227 and "power boating". The 1900 and 1908 Summer Games were the only ones to feature motorised sports (motor racing was featured in 1900). The IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not. All three events used the same distance: five laps around an 8- nautical-mile course for a total of . In each of the events, multiple boats started; however, only one finished due primarily to the gale that was blowing during the course of the competition. Events were held on 28 August and 29 August 1908. Medal summary The water motorsports event was quickly abolished, because after these games the IOC decided that the Olympics was not intended for motorized competition. Participating nations 17 boaters from 2 nations competed. * * Medal table Sources: Events Class A — Open class The open class was sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Thubron
Ernest Blakelock Thubron, also known as Émile Thubron (15 July 1861) was an Anglo-French motorboat racer and an olympic champion. He was born in The Boldons, United Kingdom. He died in Tokomaru, New Zealand on 22 May 1927 He won the second running of the Harmsworth Trophy for motor powered boats in 1904 in ''Trefle-à-quatre''. In 1898, ''Thubron'' was a Managing Owner of ''Boulac Engine Works'', Cairo and in 1906 he was still working as a boat constructor in Egypt. He competed with his boat ''Camille'' in ''Class A'' (the open class) at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal."1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Motor Boating" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 6, 2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Fentiman
Alfred Fentiman (4 October 1867 – 27 July 1943) was a British sportsman who competed in cycling as well as a range of early motorized sports. As a motorboat racer he competed in the Class A event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... References External links * 1867 births 1943 deaths British motorboat racers Motorboat racers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic motorboat racers for Great Britain Sportspeople from the London Borough of Lewisham People from Lewisham {{UK-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard De Walden
Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford (9 May 1880 – 5 November 1946) was an English peer, landowner, writer and patron of the arts. Lord Howard de Walden was also a powerboat racer who competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Early life Thomas Ellis was born in London on 9 May 1880, the only son of the 7th Baron Howard de Walden and Blanche Ellis (née Holden), daughter of William Holden the co-heir of Palace house, Lancaster. He was baptised with the name of Thomas Evelyn Ellis, and was known within his family as "Tommy". Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1917 he assumed the surname Scott-Ellis by Royal Licence. Military career Commissioned into the 10th Hussars as a second-lieutenant on 19 April 1899, and honorary colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, he saw active military service in the Second Boer War and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1900. Following the end of that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchester Clowes
Winchester Clowes (4 October 1876 – 25 February 1940) was a British motorboat racer who competed in the Class A event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... References 1876 births 1940 deaths British motorboat racers Motorboat racers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic motorboat racers for Great Britain Sportspeople from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames People from Surbiton {{UK-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke Of Westminster
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly " Bendor"; 19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. Nickname "Bend'Or" From his childhood and during his adult life he was known within family circles as "Bendor", which was also the name of the racehorse Bend Or owned by his grandfather the first Duke, which won The Derby in 1880, the year following his grandson's birth. The name is a jovial reference to the ancient lost armorials of the family: ''Azure, a bend or'', which were awarded to the Scrope family in the famous case of 1389 heard before the Court of Chivalry, known as ''Scrope v Grosvenor''. His wife Loelia wrote in her memoirs: "Of course everybody, even his parents and sisters, would normally have addressed the baby as "Belgrave" so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Frederick Laycock
Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock (12 June 1867 – 10 January 1952), sometimes known as Joe Laycock, was a British Army officer and Olympic sailor. He was at one time a Deputy Lieutenant, Lord Lieutenant and, in 1906, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Early life Laycock was the only son of Robert Laycock (1833–1881), barrister, and MP for North Lincolnshire in 1880–81, and Annie (née Allhusen), daughter to Christian Allhusen. He was born at Wiseton Hall Nottinghamshire, purchased by his grandfather c.1866 and demolished in 1960, which was Laycock's principal residence throughout his life. Yachting A member of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, he had Ramage & Ferguson of Leith build for him a steel auxiliary 3-masted steam yacht, the ''Valhalla'', to a design by Mr. W. C. Storey. She was launched from the Victoria Shipyard on 20 October 1892. Her complement was 100 hands, and she was the only steam yacht in the world to have a full ship rig. He sold h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
