That is fantastic! Thanks for the post, Paul. I am a
bike mechanic at REI in Seattle and now I am thinking
I need to fabricate something with a bike crank, a
chain, a prop... I should probably just overhaul my
outboard! Is IS a very intriguing idea though.
Hmmmmm...
-Rusty
--- Paul Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure I've found a picture and description
> of the hand powered
> outboard.
> Go to :
> http://www.acbm.us/passion-for-outboards.htm
>
> and scroll down to about the third
> picture.....Hmmm.... this one has a
> crank, it looks like, and
> not a 'pump handle' tiller: there surely could
> have been more than one
> such thing.
>
> -Paul Bailey M-15 Sassea
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 08:40 PM,
> montgomery_boats-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:52 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Yet another method of
> propulsion
> >
> > My dad has a manual outboard engine-essentially a
> gearbox on a shaft,
> > with a
> > big, slow turning prop. You pump its tiller up
> and down to make it
> > go. It's
> > over thirty years old, and I've never used it, but
> it fascinated me as a
> > child. It's very light; even an 8 year old can
> pick it up. If I get a
> > chance,
> > I'll try it on our P-15, but beware: I'm building
> Michalak's 14 ft
> > Piragua
> > canoe, which is taking all my boating time. The
> good news is, I have
> > about two
> > more coats of epoxy and painting to complete it.
> Wahoo!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve Tyree, P-15 #2098 "Amy Ann"
> > --
>
>
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