COALDALE MAN ROLLS OUT DREAM BOAT......November 1, 1963

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You'd think someone would have thought of Molotzak's idea long ago and tried it, but he says nobody did. What he's been doing for the past three years is building a BOAT as big as a trolley car which he hopes will cruise over water at 200 miles an hour.

It looks like no other boat you ever saw and has been stoping traffic and pedestrians since Molotzak rolled it out in the open last week. They call it the Jet Boat. The impressive project involved uncounted man hours of work, mostly by Molotzak alone, major alterations to a big building at Second and Ruddle Sts., in Coaldale to build the Boat and then get it outside, tests and research and $30,000 put up by Molotzak and 25 Stockholders in a corporation called HYDRO - JET, INC.

" The proof of the pudding will come when we get it in the water." Molotzak said this week as he stood near the big green and white craft.

He had just finished painting the name " ANNA " on the front of the boat, which he named after his mother, Mrs. Anna Molotzak, 77, of 246 West Ridge St., Coaldale.

The moment of truth for the Molotzak dream boat is expected to come sometime next month in the NEW YORK HARBOR where tests runs are planned. Picture a squared submarine with the conning tower up front instead of the middle and you have a pretty good idea of what Molotzak's boat looks like, except it has a shark like fin rising in the front.

The boat will be powered by two automobile engines and will be able to ride through eight - foot waves with ease, Molotzak said. He said it weighs 13,800 pounds, is 65 feet long and just under seven feet wide. Windows where passengers can sit are like those on a bus and there are two small portholes at the back

The boat will leave no wake and will ride only one and three - quarter inches in the water, Molotzak stated. The big fin is for air intake and exhaust, he said. The 54 - year old Coaldale Boat builder said his craft will have room for 60 passengers or 15 tons of cargo. It is made of welded steel plates.

Molotzak, who holds an engineering degree and lives at 228 West Ridge St., Coaldale, said he plans to flood the boat soon to make sure it is watertight and then balance it. He said 16 years of theory besides the three years of actual construction, he personally checked patent files and could find no other boat which operates on the HYDRO - JET PRINCIPLE that his does.

Submitted : Richard C. Rehatchek