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Boats - Sailing - Ships

May 05, 1968 - He Hopes To Make Single-Handed Crossing of Atlantic In Submarine-Shaped Steel Cylinder. 52-year-old Douglas Price, of Temple Cloud, Somerset, pictured whilst aboard his home-made submarine-shaped steel cylinder, Gay Highlander, 26ft, long, during trials at Torbay. The boat, which has passed the Board of Trade Inspection, is powered by a converted lorry engine and is registered at 1.32 tons. Mr. Price hopes to make an Atlantic single-handed crossing by the southern route in June in 40 days

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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26ft 52-year-old Converted Cylinder Highlander Home-made Hopes Inspection Lorry Passed Registered Single-handed Tons Torbay Whilst


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