However, the MG MGB ceased production in 1980 and the actual subject of this month’s Cool Boat is the Motor Gun Boat 81, a far more appropriate machine. Step forward Hubert Scott-Paine, former powerboat racer and founder of the British Powerboat Company. His answer to the dilemma was a 70ft high-performance gun boat with a planing wooden hull and three Packard 1,250hp petrol engines, giving an incredible (by today’s standards of 70ft boats, let alone nearly a century ago) 40 knots! Motor Gun Boat 81 specificationsYear: 1942LOA: 21.9mBeam: 6.3mPower: Triple Packard V12 1,250hp petrol enginesSpeed: 40+ knotsPrice when new: N/AIf you enjoyed this…. Motor Boat & Yachting is the world’s leading magazine for Motoryacht enthusiasts.