Hey Bob, You have great stories. Good knowledge of sailing history. You build such fine boats. You have such potential for greatness. sal In a message dated 3/19/2010 6:47:03 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ocean37@hotmail.com writes: Tom.... Back in 1982 I was drunk sitting in a hot-tube with Lin and Larry and several other folks that I forget now; this was at Lake Elsinore where Larry/Lin were building Taleisin their new Lyle Hess designed 30 footer. Larry was building her in a shed, no electricity, just a generator that he ran when he needed the table saw. The subject was whether Taleisin would have an inboard Diesel or not. When Larry had stopped by my Shop in Laguna Hills once I had several engines on the floor; I spent some time explaining how they could be hand started in a pinch with a crank. In fact, I decompressed one of the floor models and cranked it hard, releasing one of the compression levers and she started up with a THUMPING noise......he said he was considering a small inboard. (They were planning a circumnavigation) As the months went by Lyle and I would drive over to visit them and hang around for lunch. Soon they decided to install a large wooden Bathtub under the cockpit instead of that Diesel...lol... After the launching party in October 1983 at Newport Beach, Lyle and I were invited over for lunch on Taleisin. I have to admitt that bathtub looked comfortable; and they used it for storage at sea. They did have a outboard on a dinghy to push or tow Taleisin around if they got stuck. One thing about Lin and Larry: They were never in a hurry. They were already home. Bob
From: tjenk@gte.net Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:48:53 -0700 To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: motor size
I love sailors who hold onto their beloved craft even when a powerboat would be more practical. I hesitate to mention it, but there are the Pardeys who went darn near everywhere in the world without a motor (except transiting the Panama Canal), and seemed to enjoy doing it. They even did the dreaded Puget Sound (currents, fluky winds) and the feared Sea of Cortez (fluky winds); more patient than I am, I guess. Tom Jenkins
On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:59 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
there is a potter 15 doing a mississippi river trip that has done exactly that ... to have the extra horse power in 'mighty MO's' current.
two Honda 2's weigh less than most 4-6 HP motors.
still ... having two motors to refill of the transom every 45 minutes is NOT 'double the fun'.
dave scobie M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site - http://www.m17-375.webs.com
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:
Folks, I think the main problem with the weight of outboards is lifting the darn things up to the mount, a not inconsiderable task for some. How about ditching the boarding ladder, throwing on another motor mount, and running twin 2's?
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla (5 hp Honda)
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Hi Sal... Thank you..!..I appreciate that... Bob
From: SALGLESSER@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:11:01 -0400 To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: motor size
Hey Bob,
You have great stories. Good knowledge of sailing history. You build such fine boats. You have such potential for greatness.
sal
In a message dated 3/19/2010 6:47:03 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ocean37@hotmail.com writes:
Tom....
Back in 1982 I was drunk sitting in a hot-tube with Lin and Larry and several other folks that I forget now; this was at Lake Elsinore where Larry/Lin were building Taleisin their new Lyle Hess designed 30 footer. Larry was building her in a shed, no electricity, just a generator that he ran when he needed the table saw.
The subject was whether Taleisin would have an inboard Diesel or not. When Larry had stopped by my Shop in Laguna Hills once I had several engines on the floor; I spent some time
explaining how they could be hand started in a pinch with a crank. In fact, I decompressed one of the floor models and cranked it hard, releasing one of the compression levers and she started up with a THUMPING noise......he said he was considering a small inboard.
(They were planning a circumnavigation)
As the months went by Lyle and I would drive over to visit them and hang around for lunch.
Soon they decided to install a large wooden Bathtub under the cockpit instead of that Diesel...lol...
After the launching party in October 1983 at Newport Beach, Lyle and I were invited over for lunch on Taleisin. I have to admitt that bathtub looked comfortable; and they used it for storage at sea.
They did have a outboard on a dinghy to push or tow Taleisin around if they got stuck.
One thing about Lin and Larry: They were never in a hurry. They were already home.
Bob
From: tjenk@gte.net Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:48:53 -0700 To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: motor size
I love sailors who hold onto their beloved craft even when a powerboat would be more practical. I hesitate to mention it, but there are the Pardeys who went darn near everywhere in the world without a motor (except transiting the Panama Canal), and seemed to enjoy doing it. They even did the dreaded Puget Sound (currents, fluky winds) and the feared Sea of Cortez (fluky winds); more patient than I am, I guess. Tom Jenkins
On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:59 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
there is a potter 15 doing a mississippi river trip that has done exactly that ... to have the extra horse power in 'mighty MO's' current.
two Honda 2's weigh less than most 4-6 HP motors.
still ... having two motors to refill of the transom every 45 minutes is NOT 'double the fun'.
dave scobie M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site - http://www.m17-375.webs.com
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:
Folks, I think the main problem with the weight of outboards is lifting the darn things up to the mount, a not inconsiderable task for some. How about ditching the boarding ladder, throwing on another motor mount, and running twin 2's?
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla (5 hp Honda)
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