From 14 April to 30 September 2011, the exhibition (daily 9 am - 6 pm) will feature racing boats and racing boat engines from the 1950s to the present day. The exhibits include a 1952 step racing boat with a 175 cc König engine, a 1963 three-point racing boat with a 500 cc König engine, a 1978 Proprider with a 250 cc Zimpel engine and a Formel ADAC catamaran racing boat with a 500 cc Tohatsu engine.
The first motorboat designed by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886 also signalled the start of motorboat racing. Motorboat racing developed into a popular sport in Germany, and soon there were numerous race courses everywhere: Lauffen am Neckar, the Grünau Berlin regatta course, Elbe Dresden, Mosel Brodenbach and Rhine Lorch, to name but a few. Using selected old and new racing boats and several engines, the exhibition provides an overview of the development of motorboat racing from the 1950s to the present day.
In addition to the boats, the exhibited engines from König, Zimpel and IWL are particularly interesting. The Berlin-based company König-Motorenbau, which was dissolved in 1998, presented its first engine for motorboat racing as early as 1935 and was active in this category until the 1990s. König also produced racing engines for two-wheelers, which were very successful in the 1970s. Dietmar Zimpel was not only a good motorbike and boat racer, but also a gifted engine designer. His engines were so good that they were sold worldwide during the GDR era.
Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
Museum Square
74889 Sinsheim
Tel. 07261-929 90
Christian Tiedt
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