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Title:Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:DONMAC::MACINTYRE
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1660
Total number of notes:20970

771.0. ""Evergalde" type,boat project" by SONATA::LANGE (Art,Technology,or Pure,Raw Sex?) Fri Jun 17 1988 13:59

    I'm starting on a project of customizing a boat,in hopes to get
    it wet this time next year.
    
    Using the same principles as a Gyro-copter w/out the over head
    helicopter type blades,I want to take the engine,rudders,and prop 
    from the back of a gyro,and mount them onto a flat bottom of
    considerable length.
    Using two back seats of a Subaru Brat(light durable plastic) as
    swivels.
    and a 20+lb thrust electric motor on the front end.
    complete with live well...etc.etc...
    
    I have connections to obtain Gyro parts,and can get most everything
    else needed pretty easily...I just need the right boat for this
    project.
    
    My questions are:
    
    1 - Would say a 17' jon boat be too narrow for this project considering
    this may be slightly top heavy with the speed this will do? (average
    gyro does about 55 - 60 in the air).
    
    2 - Are there any jon boat type's that are made wider?
    
    3 - Or should I go with a low profile tunnel hull,for stability?
    
    
    any comments,chuckles,suggestions welcome.

    
    jeff
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771.1I wouldn't take it on Winni...CASV05::PRESTONCurious George & th'Temple of DoomFri Jun 17 1988 14:2414
    Skip it and just get a nice little bass boat.

        		- or -
    
    Forget the expensive "gyro" stuff (this *isn't* supposed to fly,
    right?) and go the VW engine / wooden prop route - ie. just build
    a 'glades boat. 
    
    Where's Flipper, Dad? 
    
    I dunno, Bud, we'd better jump in the propeller boat and go look 
    for him!
771.2CALL IT THE "VIC MORROW"STRATA::WOOLDRIDGEFri Jun 17 1988 14:557
    YO,
          Call Burt Renolds @ 401-456-9999. Tell him NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~
          said to help out. Burt did a few movies in the swamps and
          glades and has some info on this. 
    
          -:) or take up windsurfing! ha ha
                                                     NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~
771.3VAX4::TOMASJoeFri Jun 17 1988 16:168
YO....Worm-a-rooni,

Ever since you won that cheap rod 'n reel in the raffle last year at
Monomonac and got yourself a fancy-shmancy boat, you've really been poppin'
off and gettin' kinda cocky lately!  

I think we've found the NEW JOHN WATERS of the notesfile!!
771.4at least someone here should be able to provide some helpSONATA::LANGEArt,Technology,or Pure,Raw Sex?Fri Jun 17 1988 16:362
    So...no one has any real suggestions concerning the type of boat
    I should use...?
771.5Someone has to do it. ME!STRATA::WOOLDRIDGEWorm fishermen have stiffer rodsFri Jun 17 1988 16:442
    Holeshot,
              Oh my God. What have I done? Pleeeeeease forgive me!
771.6AT LEAST 16' WITH A DECENT BEAM...STRATA::WOOLDRIDGEWorm fishermen have stiffer rodsFri Jun 17 1988 16:497
    Sure,
           If you are serious about this buy a stable light weight boat
    with a decent beam ~8' 6" or so. A cateraman sp? might be wild.
    Mounting those blades will require it. Get stainless steel blades.
    you'll pull out of that holeshot quicker........
    
                                       NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~
771.7I am serious....SONATA::LANGEArt,Technology,or Pure,Raw Sex?Fri Jun 17 1988 17:114
    I thought about the cateraman style...instead of a trampoline type
    deck...make it solid...it'll be nice and wide..
    
    so the narrow jon boat type would be out of the question...?
771.8AYUPSTRATA::WOOLDRIDGEWorm fishermen have stiffer rodsFri Jun 17 1988 17:502
    I think so.....
                     NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~
771.9Das BootCASV05::PRESTONCurious George & th'Temple of DoomFri Jun 17 1988 17:5218
    What do you plan to use this boat for? It sounds nifty for blasting
    through weed-infested shallows at high speed, but I expect with
    all that weight high up it would tend to be unstable in any kind
    of rough weather, and much more subject to the wind than others.
    Also, anyone who has ever been in one will tell you they are 
    VERY NOISY; LOUD, THAT IS!
    
    If you only want to build this because it seems "neat" (or whatever),
    I'd give it some more thought. If you want to be creative, look
    in the latest issue of Popular Science - there's a piece on a boat
    that appears to be a cross between a bass boat and an air boat;
    wide platform, shallow draught, powered by an outboard *raised up*
    so that the business end (propeller) is just far enough into the
    water to do its job. Looks pretty nifty, and easier to handle than
    an airboat. Check it out...
    
    Ed
771.10reL noiseMOSAIC::MACINTYREIn search of the Largemouth BassMon Jun 20 1988 09:565
    Yeap, those things are sure noisy!  Saw lots of them down at
    Okeechobee.  You could hear them coming for what seemed to be
    miles away!  Sounds like a plane is about to crash on ya, then
    you see them coming thru weeds.  Roland rolled his twice last year
    chasing swamp rabbits around the glades.  donmac
771.11Scooter?NYJMIS::HORWITZBeach BagelMon Jun 20 1988 10:245
    How about one of those "scooters" that have become popular on the
    shallow bays down in Texas? There was an article about them a couple
    of months ago in Saltwater Sportsman.
    
    Bagel
771.12jon boat w/propSTRATA::KERSWELLTue Jun 21 1988 08:446
    If you live in worcester county, they have a picture of what
    i think your looking for in mondays evening gazette. it's 
    seems to be about an 16 foot jon boat.check it out. i happen
    to cut out the picture so if you cant get ahold of the paper
    send me your mail stop.
    					Ronni