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Does anyone know if some of the early small Ranger Tugs came with outboard?
I see the R-21's now come with diesel.
I see the R-21's now come with diesel.
Another boat for sale on our local online blog site:
A common conversion of a former I/O boat to OB. So common as to not be unusual as a first choice over new engine/outdrive.
Staying with my 6.plus knot pocket trawler, like the comfort, time on the water watching and enjoying the passing shoreline with my Sirius radio ear head set tuned to Willie's Road House, cup of "gas boat" coffee.
So much is missed pounding through the water watching for drift and raising hell on the kidneys. Just saying.
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If it has not been mentioned what about a OB down east type. These boats are proven seaworthy and can run economically slow or faster and there is a wide selection from 24 to 30 foot many are trailer capable. To look into this try Downeast form for leads to this type.
Skipping back through some posts...hard not to go ahead and say it....
But it's been said and supported by some...that a TRAWLER...is a boat that drags nets for a living.
Well...I have seen plenty of outboard boats dragging nets for a living and never most of the boats owned here...yes one GB that was fitted out for trolling...but not to many of the generically called trawlers here...
So before we eliminate "outboard trawlers" .....some here ought to listen to the ebb and flow of "info" here that can only be called entertainment....
......... My take on it is that if one wants a bigger boat just extend the stern .. and some people do.
There are trawlers and there are outboard boats.
Rustybarge wrote;
"Very interesting about converting an I/O to OB; nobody's thought of that here. Is this an easy conversion . it sounds right as the OB and will sit on the transom and give approx the same balance/trim as the inboard diesel."
That is very popular in the US and usually done the quick and dirty way by attaching a standoff bracket to the transom so the OB is entirely aft of the transom ...... with nothing under it for support. The CG is moved further aft when it's already probably too far aft. It's not ideal or even good but it's easy and inexpensive. Also considerably more room is generated in the aft cockpit .. A plus to be sure but the pluses are few.
My take on it is that if one wants a bigger boat just extend the stern .. and some people do.
Actually, Eric, the beauty of the I/O conversion to outboard power is being able to keep the full transom with no cut out. Usually the outboard sits on a bracket attached to the transom completely outside the boat. Look at how the Roseborough engine is mounted.
I would say if one wants a bigger boat, the simplest and most practical solution is t sell the too small boat and buy a bigger boat.
Have to give Psneeld a chuckle, Recently returned from a voyage to Wrangell, Alaska about 85 miles one way. While there a commercial Gill Netter tied up close by. It is a 34 foot CHB trawler. The owner has the aft cabin removed and the gill net reel assembly installed. Now that is good thinking. The CHB appeared an older model. The owner has acquired a modest priced hull with known reliable engine.
In the overall the rig surely did not look out of place among the fishing fleet as many of the current commercial boats are in reverse, converted to pleasure use.
I echo Manyboats- RustyBarge your created forum subject is interesting, your inquiries are stimulating.
Being an adoped child raised as a "Swede" and later finding my birth Mother to learn I am 100% Irish make reading you makes the world smaller and warmer.
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Have to give Psneeld a chuckle, Recently returned from a voyage to Wrangell, Alaska about 85 miles one way. While there a commercial Gill Netter tied up close by. It is a 34 foot CHB trawler. The owner has the aft cabin removed and the gill net reel assembly installed. Now that is good thinking. The CHB appeared an older model. The owner has acquired a modest priced hull with known reliable engine.
In the overall the rig surely did not look out of place among the fishing fleet as many of the current commercial boats are in reverse, converted to pleasure use.
I echo Manyboats- RustyBarge your created forum subject is interesting, your inquiries are stimulating.
Being an adoped child raised as a "Swede" and later finding my birth Mother to learn I am 100% Irish make reading you makes the world smaller and warmer.
AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH:
I hope it works...
May there alw ays be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with love
Yep Peter, tons or "tonns" of similar craft in Southeast Alaska. The largest manufacture of aluminum boats in Alaska is in Wrangell.
You are driving Psneeld wild!! His above response had me rolling on the floor, it is a beaut!
"OK good one...so we have a GB "troller" and a CHB "gillnetter:...both of which my dingy can do under oars...
Man.... where are the TRAWLERS that look like our avatars????
Get out there and scour the earth...oh...never mind...anyone in the southeast on the ICW can take a nice snapshot of an outboard powered Shrimp Trawler.....
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Craig (Cpseudonym) could have an OB powered trawler.
Find the 40hp OB with the biggest prop and lowest gear ratio. Order it w the longest lower unit available. Modify the stern to accommodate the OB and away he goes.
With the lightweight plywood hull and the removal of the big heavy inboard engine hull speed will be easily reached ... probably continuously. Sure a planing hull requires twice the power to go at displacement speed but the lightness of the hull will require less than half the power. A 40hp OB should push that boat of his for considerably less than 2 gph.
Would be a little squirrelly in a windy harbor but it should be easier to control than the inboard w it's small prop and tiny rudder. Just think'in.
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I agree, it needs very little power to push a boat at 5 or 6 kts; it doesn't matter how much it weighs.
Labeling a fast, light-weight boat a trawler is a disservice.
I would say if one wants a bigger boat, the simplest and most practical solution is t sell the too small boat and buy a bigger boat.