If you have a need to ski, or just to entertain a hurry, you will
appreciate the info posted else the penta "pod" drive. It means
a hole in the bottom, but the tech could work out. I hear the pod
is designed to shear off without leaking if it meets a rock. The
diesel economy looks good. A small engine will get you fishing and
camping, if that's what you want in a boat. Installing a small
engine will pave the way for the dual supercharged cat diesels you
really want.

An A frame sail rig, or a kite / parachute, and leeboards is not so
mad if using the motor need not be any faster. If you could get 6 or
8 knots out of a funny sail, would you do it?

You might pull a skiier behind a seadoo or
http://www.flyingbeachboat.com with the wing off for the same money,
which could serve as a cool tender on davits. Let the general
population laugh at that row. All at less than the cost of one good
gas engine installed properly to get you up on plane;-) The saving
in fuel could pay for it all. If you tow a phone number, you could
start your own flight school and retail distributorship. Then, go
for the speed, you could afford it.

It's all about the adventure, eh? Tell Doi (the owner) I sent ya.

Terry K


HotRod wrote:
I thought about going with a really large parachute, send it up into the
wind and sail off, I could always row back to shore. Actually The Hull and
transom are in great shape but it is setup to have inboard motors. I'm
wondering if I would be able to get decent power with inboard diesels or if
I'm just blowing smoke? What drives would you look at?

REMEMBER I'm new to boats the only thing I've played with in the past is
HULL design for Power Cats. Nothing drive related.



"HotRod" wrote in message
...

I'm currently looking at a 30' single hull of shore HULL ONLY that someone
it town just wants to get out of their driveway. The Hull has been sitting
for 5 years but the only problems seem to be the clear coat on the boat
peeling. Since this boat does not currently have any engines or drives I'm
wondering what my options might be? The boat is setup for twin Big Block
motors however Since nothing is in place yet I can do what I like. I'm not
worried about high end speed and the boat will be mostly used in the great
lakes and just getting away from shore and doing some touring and possibly
some skiing. Since I love diesel does this even sound like an option?
Other recommendations.

Obviously like 99% of the world cost is an issue and I will sacrifice
speed for cost, but it would be nice if whatever I install is upgradeable
so that I have the option to pull the motors and tweak them..

THANKS IN ADVANCE, Newbie