World Straightaway contender -Alfa Romeo Powered

This boat had been purposely made to break the world water straight-away speed record of the SLO MO SHUN (178.497 MPH). Fitted with two Alfa Romeo supercharged engines borrowed from the current Grand Prix (Formula One) race cars, LAURA 3 was built during the winter 1953/54, started the testing sessions during July & August and by October was ready to try to break the world record.

Mario Verga from Milan, Italy was the owner of a silk factory in the Como lake area and was a very famous and winning pilot of the top hydroplanes classes in Europe. He also raced in the USA in 1953.