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david harmon
Albert Hickman in 1910 designed and built the Viper and later Viper II which combined a planing hull with a low power gasoline engine. He later built the Hickman 'Sea Sled' and started a company by the same name. See bibliography in Wiki article about W. Albert Hickman by David Seidman "Damned by Faint Praise", 100th issue, Wooden Boat 1991.
This is not entirely true, being the first speed boat. In 1531 the Spanish discoverer Magellan documented the Micronesian proa as the world's fastest sailboat by far, this proa was one of the first boats capable of planing.
At the end of the 18'th century an Irish wicker constructed a flat-bottomed boat that he rowed into plane at a speed of about 7 knots.
During the eighteen hundreds several steam powered speed boats reached speed of more than 20 knots.
So, the titling question of this statement should read: "Who invented the first gasoline powered speed boat?"
This way we might be closer to the truth, but--- in 1908 a speed boat in France powered by the inventors worlds first V-8 engine, patented in France in 1906, reached speeds of more than 28 knots. --- So there?
Inge Holst Jacobsen.
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When was the first speed boat invented?
The first speed boat was invented in 1910 by David Harmon
Where was the first speed boat invented?
it was invented in Michigan
When were speed boats invented?
Speed boats were invented in 1885. The man responsible for inventing the first speed boat was F. W. Ofeldt.
When did David Harmon invent the first speed boat?
david harmon invented the first boat in about the 19 century so it was 1970
When was the first boat invented?
The first boat invented was in 4000BC.
Who invented the speed boat?
David Harmon
When was the speed boat invented?
1500 b.C.
Who invented the first fishing boat?
The fishing boat was invented in 1912 by Otis Evinrude.
Which was first invented airplane or steamboat?
the steam boat was invented first
Where was the first boat invented?
There is evidence that the first boat was invented by settlers in Australia. This dates back to over 40,000 years ago.
When was the first coal powered boat made?
Coal was invented in 2001, and the first coal powered boat was invented in 2008. it sank.
Who when and where was the first boat invented?
the Egyptians invented them out of straw and twine and tar
