This inspirational little skiff shows that with a lot of hard work and a bit of pocket money oneself could be out on the water experiencing the same thrills as powerboat racers of yesteryear...Daniel was very fortunate to have the skills and advice of Dad Ross ("screwit""invader"and the yet to be named lil hot rod skiff) at hand. Starting with a bare fibreglass (stephens???) hull kindly donated by champion Doc Sizzle ("sabre""sabre racing") the gents set to work fabricating all of the necessary hardware that was required themselves in order to keep costs down.Items such as marinising the $300 trading post special 308, those awesome pipes, fuel tank ,fins, cav gear, rudder stock etc were all built in house along with all timber decking, trim, cockpit fit out and the many other little bits and bobs needed.The end result is an absolute hoot to drive with an outlay of little more than $1500...Bloody amazing! Well done fellas.
Dans boat has a bench seat in front of the engine under a hatch for the kids to ride in and has some fun too !!
ReplyDeleteClever ..Bet it's a ride to remember for them! Just sight of this monster would be terrifying for some young'ins :-)
ReplyDeleteDans' boat was prop-riding on a 3 blade prop which i modified to 10.5" diameter. Original top deck is free to good home.
ReplyDeleteDoc.
spotted on the trek home yesterday, way cool! pipes looked glorious!
ReplyDeleteHi Doc,
ReplyDeleteDo you still have the top deck?