surface drive

Hey folks, Welded aluminum boats... I’m after a small skiff in the 15 to 20 ft range and have a few questions: Does anything like this already exist? What’s the closest production or semi-custom option you’ve seen? Who would be a good builder or fab shop for something custom? Here’s what I’m...

Im currently building a 8’ mini riva style speed boat and i’m planning on running a surface drive prop connected to a 4kw electric motor. However i do i have a couple of questions about the prop and positioning of it. Firstly the motor is 4kw nominal power so around 5hp and i currently have a 3...

I want to modify a th400 to use in my 30ft boat. By modifying I want to machine an input shaft so it can drive the pump and forward drum as in the Velvet drive. Use a flywheel mated to a drive plate with a shortened bellhousing. Reverse manual valve body, removal of the parking pawl and governor...

My boat project is a 11 ft L x 48"W planing hull micro-skiff, it is a Carbon fiber/Basalt fiber skinned foam blank. I have decided to build an electric surface drive I will be using a Maytech, MTI 120116 brush-less motor that puts out 18.8 KW max or about 25hp. I am building a motor and shaft...

Hi all, I'm looking at building a hull with a friend to satisfy our hunting and fishing needs. We have decided that we want to design something that will perform well with a surface drive outboard (pro drive, gator tail, mud buddy). After doing some research it seems that there are a few...

Professional Boatbuilder reprinted the very first article ever written on surface piercing propellors: Hickman's 1911 article in The Rudder. Hickman's Imagination and the Dawn of Surface-Piercing Props - Professional BoatBuilder Magazine...