There used to be a thing called a "Man-U-Troll" back in the 70's: a kind of hand-cranked trolling device with a prop and single crank, if I remember rightly. Saw this thing in a strange performance art production (Ah, the 70's!) at UC Davis of all places where folks were using them to propel canoes and "floats" around on a pond. The product was designed for fishermen and I don't have any idea about its performance characteristics or whether it is still being made.
-- George Burmeyer Santa Rosa, CA On 10/30/03 8:52 PM, "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" >> -- > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
