Lovely little 7 and half inched hulled speedboat. Uses 1 'C' cell. The battery seems a little large for such a small boat , but she sails well with it , albeit a little low at the stern.
I would have thought an AA or even an AAA battery would have suited better. With today's batteries being far superior to the batteries available when these toys were made , it is better to use a battery adaptor that allows one to use a physically smaller battery. This boat performs very nicely with a AAA battery.
It states on the box 'You can put the battery in the boat'. Where else ! 'Moulded in tough plastic'. No 372. The illustration of a young man and lady is lovely and adds to the period charm of the toy.