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[StartQuote] When patrolling out of Green Island and coming back from all night patrol of New Britain and New Ireland - It was well over 100 miles to and from these patrol areas so all the boats would be low on fuel with less weight and could run faster for the race. If the seas were calm, When we sighted land at Green all boats in the section would get in a line then open up and race to the entrance of the lagoon. Our crew would all lay down on the bow because the boat would plane out better with more weight forward. Our chief motor mac, Chas. McIntosh, had a secret which our crew kept. He would remove the air mesh covers from the super chargers which would give more air to the carburetors which would give a couple more inches of manifold pressure and thus more speed. We seldom lost a race to another Higgins boat But Elcos were a little faster than the Higgins especially the 77 footers. They were the fastest. C. J. Willis[EndQuote]
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