Poor man's Jetski

[GraemeR]

Greetings

A couple of years ago I saw some little one man river boats in Southern Thailand.

They had a 5.5hp long shaft motor and were made of 4mm ply on a wood frame.

Each was flat bottomed with a step about quarter the length down to make it plane.

The length was about 2.5m and width maybe 1m. Unfortunately I never got any photos.

Has any one every seen anything like this?

 

[El_Guero]

Greetings

A couple of years ago I saw some little one man river boats in Southern Thailand.

They had a 5.5hp long shaft motor and were made of 4mm ply on a wood frame.

Each was flat bottomed with a step about quarter the length down to make it plane.

The length was about 2.5m and width maybe 1m. Unfortunately I never got any photos.

Has any one every seen anything like this?

I would think you would be closer than the rest of US?

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/powerboats/thai-racing-longtail-44821.html

 

[GraemeR]

I would think you would be closer than the rest of US?

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/powerboats/thai-racing-longtail-44821.html

I don't know why we don't get them around my area, but there is the thread

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/powerboats/thai-racing-longtail-44821-5.html