Sears used to sell something like that. It was a gas-powered weed wacker
with a curved shaft fitted with a small plastic propeller. The upper end of
the shaft contained a transom bracket. Seems like the name was bumblebee
and it weighed less than 10 pounds.
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D., DABT
Associate Professor, TIEHH and
Department of Pharmacology
Texas Tech Medical Campus
3601 4th Street
Lubbock Texas 79430
806 743 2425 xt 232
806 743 2744 fax
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> From: Thos. Westerman
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 12:12 PM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: New dinghy and homebrew motor idea!
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> This one is a little off the wall but give it a go as an idea:
>
> I have thought about this idea and wondered if it had any merit:
>
> "What if" for our small dinghy, instead of buying a commercial 2 hp motor
> for $500 or more, we went down to the hardware store or tool store and
> bought an $80 2-stroke weed wacker. Then we took the nylon cord cutter
> aparatus off and attached a marine propeller in its place? It seems we
> would have an inexpensive motor unit for our little dinghy. It wouldnt
> pollute the water since it is air cooled (maybe noisey though). Could
> probably devise some simple transom mount device with some type of loop of
> rope or even a large u bolt.
>
> I remember Roger Moore as James Bond using a similar type of motor on
> little river boats somewhere in Asia (Thailand? or Hong Kong) in "the man
> with the golden gun". Very similar setup, a motor on a pivot point on the
> transom with a long rod shaft and an open/unprotected propeller at the
> end.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thomas Westerman
> P19#578 Colorado Springs...
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