The boat plans were originally drawn in 1929 by the Swedish boat constructor Ruben Östlund (1891–1981) after wishes from members of the Swedish Royal Motorboat Club (Kungliga motorbåtklubben)[3] to challenge the world's fastest wooden boat Miss America VIII in a competition at the Hudson River in USA, but the plans were postponed due to the Wall Street stock market crisis the same year.
[4] In the fall of 2011, construction was started in Sweden by Johansson & Son Båtbyggeri in Holmsund using the original drawings from 1929.
The build was completed and demonstrated at the Swedish boat fair Allt för sjön in March 2012.
The boat is powered by two 27-liter Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 petrol engines from two Swedish Centurion tanks, based on the same aluminium motor block as used in the British World War 2 Spitfire fighter plane.
Fitted with compressors, the two engines yield a combined power output of about 1800 kW (2500 hp)[1] and a torque of 2400 Nm.