Mistele knows Miss America IX intimately and is happy to talk about her history, her construction and what he’s done to preserve and restore her.
trols are in front of Mistele, but in its racing days, Orlin Johnson handled the throttles of the huge aero Packards and Gar Wood manned the wheel. And if they weren’t per- fectly synchronized for high-speed turns around the buoys, the risk for capsizing was huge.
For the most part, Mistele turns Miss America IX at low speeds. Sure, she has a new, stronger, glued bottom to her hull, but with no Harmsworth Trophy competitors in sight he sees no need to stress the 82-year-old timbers with the dramatic high-speed turns that would have been essential
in 1931 when Gar Wood raced Kaye Don in Miss Eng- land II on the Detroit River.
Today there’s no such risk, though the noise is incred- ible and the acceleration is unreal, emphasized by the feeling of gliding along the water and that fine white spray. By the time each of the black-faced tachom- eters hits 4,000 rpm, Miss America IX is doing about 55 mph. Add another 1,500 revolutions and the old beauty is flying at approximately 75 mph. With the wind blowing his hair and a big grin, Mistele admits that “after 42 years I still get a thrill every time.” And that’s without using the remaining 1,000 rpm, which Mistele reckons will still take her above 100 mph.
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