I'd have sworn they were centrifugal Barry.
If there is that little water available, that a tiny boat hull will bottom out, it has to be a marginal proposition for anything
I don't think that hull is going to stand up to hitting rocks, so it is all a bit academic what might happen to a drive leg, I can only suggest...
I'd be inclined to bolt on a hull extension about 2 feet long, with a little tunnel in the middle to allow the water to rise to the motor that is...
a 6hp outboard with one person up, would plane that to the low teens mph ? I really think you should stick to outboard, and work on ways to...
The easier solution would be an outboard jet perhaps ? Bolt in on and away you go, subject to transom height being OK. Whether you would get one...
I think 20 mph just isn't realistic as a cruise speed with the sort of power mentioned, regardless of propellor optimization, 15mph as a cruise...
It just won't be going 20 mph, that's all.
Good post I think, It also occurred to me that the high-thrust 60 hp outboard would be about what power would be required to get acceptable...
You mean move as maximum speed ? There is no way any engine will propel that boat at 20 mph at 1000 rpm, the sort of engine that could produce...
Better to find out before you did that cut ! That's one detail you have settled.
OK so a complete rebuild, it is enough trouble supporting the hull properly when you replace internal structures in a boat, without the added...
In that case, (still the I/O transom), I would go to work inside to properly strengthen that transom, sufficient for, and tailored to, a bolt-on...
I don't think I'd touch the cut and fill idea with a barge-pole, it is way, way more work, and not worth it for a mere 30 inches. You cut and...
Probably that the idea of chop and fill is a lot of work, I think it would be advisable not to cut the existing hull, just well reinforce the...
haha, "inelegantly" ! :)
Weld the doors shut ? How do you get in and out ?
Hmmm, a huge decrease in population predicted to come for suicide, as I read it, from drastic change in the economic paradigm. That can't be...
Looking good, big job.
So the compressive strength seems to preclude any application where point loading on a thin skin might happen, even with the heavier foam ?
