125 year anniversary of world’s first motorboat
anniversary of world’s first motorboat
Called Rems, she was commissioned by inventor and engine manufacturer Gottlieb Daimler. He wanted something that could really test his engines, and approached Friedrich Lürssen, founder of Lürssen Yachts.
Always open to new idea, Friedrich Lürssen designed and manufactured the motorboat straight away.
The engine that powered the world’s first motorboat had a cylinder capacity volume of 0.462 litres, weighed 60kg and had an output of 1.5hp at 700rpm.
According to the stories, Daimler ran into trouble when he wanted to test the motorboat for the first time. A group of irate locals stopped him from launching the boat because they’d heard rumours of a boat that was powered by explosions. They feared it would be deadly to let him test the boat.