Boat Racing

Nov. 11, 1966 - Campbell uses sandbags on Bluebird. Donald Campbell installed a new engine in his speedboat Bluebird for his attempt to raise his water-speed record to 300 m.p.h. an hour, and found that Bluebird's nose would no longer rise out of the water. - So couple of sandbags were sling across he stern - and proved successful. Campbell cloaked 160 m.p.h. on Conistan water yesterday. before the big day, of course, built in weights will replace the sandbags. Photo shows Donald Campbell pictured on Bluebird at Conistan lake yesterday - showing the makeshift ballast of sandbags on the tail

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Ballast Bluebird Bluebirds Cloaked Installed Longer M.p.h Makeshift Proved Raise Replace Sandbags Sling Speedboat Stern Uses Weights

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