Recent content by Allan

I was wondering if anyone out there knows anything about a boat that was called the Target 22 or Maple Bay 22. I know its a Paul Gartside design and that a limited number of them were built by a company called Motor Boat Enterprises in Cobble Hill, B.C., Canada. So far my searching for further...

I was wondering if anyone out knows anything about a boat that was called the Target 22 or Maple Bay 22. I know its a Paul Gartside design and that a limited number of them were built by a company called Motor Boat Enterprises in Cobble Hill, B.C., Canada. So far my searching for further...

fuel pump When I took the boat out for it's trial run I just used a day tank hooked up to the engine. I'm now in the process of hooking up the the below deck fuel tank that is located in the bow of the boat and I'm now starting to wonder if the fuel pump on the Honda 15hp will be adequate to...

Finally got the boat finished enough to try it out this weekend. The Honda outboard pushes the boat along at a nice leisurely 5 to 6 mph at half throttle and is so quiet that you can have a conversation without having to raise your voice. There is still some work to finish on the boat but...

I've been busy most of this summer trying to finish this boat and it looks like I'll get it into the water by the end of this month at least for a trial run. We are already hitting freezing temp. in the evening here. I ended up getting a demo Honda 15hp long shaft with electric start and remote...

I had actually thought of electric but after looking at what was available, the cost as well as the weight that batteries would add to give me the range I wanted I decided not to go that route. It seems everyone is thinking that 10hp is more than enough, so does anyone have any thoughts on the...

I plan on using it on our lakes here, but I had thought at one time of maybe using it on the larger rivers. But the current on most of our rivers here runs at 4 to 10 mph if not greater so I thought it wouldn't be practical if I had to attempt to go upstream. By the way here is a link some...

I have an old 18' diesel launch that had a Volvo Penta MD1b diesel inboard (10hp) in it. The diesel is beyond repair, prop is badly bent and shaft is in poor shape as well. I'm thinking of converting over to a 4 stroke outboard as the transom could be easliy modified to have a outboard well...

Motor well specs. I found some of the information I was looking for in this book "Fiberglass Boats" by Hugo Du Plessis if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking of using a Honda 9.9 long shaft, high thrust unit, with remote control. But with most of the outboard brackets I've seen so far I was wondering how to set up the steering and remote controls on these units. That made me think that maybe cutting into the...

I'm looking for some good information on converting an older displacement hull (Davidson Chugger) that had a 1 cylinder 8.5 hp diesel (beyond repair) to small 4 cycle outboard. The boat is 18' long with a 6.5' beam and a full keel. Has a flat transom, made of fiberglass and a small cabin...