Hickman Sea Sled Information

[DogCavalry]

Another great history site. Excellent research here. Click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the next chapter. Good answers to questions about why they didn't catch on.
(SPOILER- They did)

Untitled Document https://spoonercentral.com/knappseasleds/sled.html

 

[kenfyoozed]

Please keep the info coming. Storing it all away to help design my boat! just got to learn the software...

 

[BlueBell]

That's quite the rabbit hole you've presented there, John.
(Referring to post #16)

 

[DogCavalry]

A rabbit hole indeed!
Ken, I drew mine full sized on the shop wall. No software.

 

[kenfyoozed]

I've started mine in delft ship, I think I have a good start on what I want. Ill try to get some pics tomorrow and start a new thread....

 

[DogCavalry]

Sir Mixalot had something to say....

 

[kenfyoozed]

I would love the roar of those engines!

 

[DogCavalry]

Www.trianomarine.com under restorations. This fellow did Miss Lakeside some years back. Lovely boat.

 

[BlueBell]

Do you already have this in here John?
Lots of prop sizes given, but you need to open the PDF under the unreadable article.
Hickman's Imagination and the Dawn of Surface-Piercing Props - Professional BoatBuilder Magazine https://www.proboat.com/2019/03/hickmans-imagination-and-the-dawn-of-surface-piercing-props/

 

[BlueBell]

This?
US1204355A - Motor-boat. - Google Patents https://patents.google.com/patent/US1204355

 

[BlueBell]

Check out the dynamic "planing angles" starting around 2:50

 

[Mr Efficiency]

That video was of a boat that the owner posted about on this site.

 

[BlueBell]

I thought it looked familiar.

 

[DogCavalry]

Do you already have this in here John?
Lots of prop sizes given, but you need to open the PDF under the unreadable article.
Hickman's Imagination and the Dawn of Surface-Piercing Props - Professional BoatBuilder Magazine https://www.proboat.com/2019/03/hickmans-imagination-and-the-dawn-of-surface-piercing-props/

Yes, I put that link in the Propulsion/Surface Dive forum a year ago, and then forgot. Thanks Bluebell. It is definitely relevant.

 

[DogCavalry]

Check out the dynamic "planing angles" starting around 2:50

That is some painful porpoising. I wonder if snyone told him to trim his outboard in.