Interesting plans for building your own.

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25 foot sea craft.

I love the foot peddle for the clutch and the automotive transmission.
Just one step above the African Queen. LOL.

This would be a great project. If I werent so old. LOL.

http://www.vintageprojects.com/boats/25-foot-cabin.pdf


Just the details in the prints of how things are done are worth the look.

enjoy.

[reelselfish]

would be fun to build and bring power and electronic up to date, but keep the original design

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Originally Posted by reelselfish

would be fun to build and bring power and electronic up to date, but keep the original design

That is what my brother did with his old wood Chris Craft. Repowered with fuel injection.
I like the idea of using the clutch and two gears from the tranny. I think the clutch would last a long time if you used a ceramic clutch.
At the time...wood was cheap. So the whole project was affordable with the automotive engine and tranny.
My dad had an old tug boat with a clutch. 18 h.p didnt move it too fast though. LOL. It could only go up stream in the Columbia in the summer.....lol.