Here's some math for y'all. Suppose your boat can be driven to 4.75 mph with 1 hp, which I'm assuming a weedeater makes at 7000 rpm. All these are...
To Roy: glad you and yours are OK after the storms. Thanks for posting the updated plans. I bought a set from you via Ebay a while back, but I've...
Weedwhacker outboard plans improvements Hey there, You remark on some minor flaws in the Ebay outboard plans. Any suggestions for how to address...
>Allows you to mount radios etc. above your head, without endangering your noggin. Makes sense >Looks nautical! Didn't before they...
Thanks. Figured it was something simple like that. And I would also assume the gaskets tend to leak less because no water pools on them....
I see a lot of hype about the rake direction of pilothouse window glass. But it seems mostly to center around aesthetics. I only have open boats...
Responses >Why not steer it from anywhere foward with a simple, side of hull mounted >steering wheel and a long flexable choke cable for...
Very cool Gonzo, you're awesome. Leave it to a fellow Wisconsinite. I don't know the power source yet, actually. Right now I'm only...
wheel steering Ah, you're right. Wheel steering is the bit I left out. So the rudder is steered by the wheel, and it would be rather cumbersome...
Fred: I was thinking the same thing on rototiller or snowblower gearsets. Thanks for letting me know the ratio! Richard: I thought of the in-line...
Yeah, it's the shallow draft combined with the ability to use any little engine I can find with fixed shafting. In the Midwest we have a whole lot...
Hey there Have a gander at http://www.atkinboatplans.com/, click on "Inboard Utilities & Runabouts", then "TWINKLE - 16' 2" tunnel-stern...
OK, at some point I want to build a small launch of about 6hp. Obviously we are talking about a displacement hull. Where do you get shafting,...
http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/ Dammit. HERE is the alphabetical index. Search under "Lugsails" and "Sails". It's about...
balanced lug motherlode http://homepages.apci.net/~michalak/ Here's the alphabetical index. Search under "Lugsails" and "Sails". It's about...
not quite? Hey there. Nice looking system, that CAM A. Looks like it's built for high speed planing, though, and I'm after a simple, cheap...
Here's the FAO article link http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/FIELD/006/AD531E/AD531E00.HTM Been thinking of the same thing myself. Mostly because I...
diesel or oil-burning Greetings, Some 3rd world engines CAN run on diesel fuel but are not diesels. They are gas engines that can also burn...
