SUNRISE — With names such as Intimidator and Scoundrel, the speed boats put fear into the hearts of their competitors. The boats were filled with fuel and their engines were revved before the… ...

When it is realised that a speed of more than twenty miles an hour has now been reached by a model “speed boat,” and about half a mile has been traversed by a model aëroplane, it must be felt ...

Teams from Rocking the Boat assemble the three-and-a-half-foot-long model vessels from components. The group plans to conduct workshops to teach people how to build their own.