Re: Junebug and outboards

--- In bolger@y..., "sctree" <sctree@d...> wrote:

> Any Junebug owners have an outboard on the transom?
>
> If so, what size and what do you think of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick

Afew weeks ago my kids towed a 12' out board dinghy whose 15 hp OB
was knackered. they were rowing a JB with 2 sets of6 1/2 ' oars.
So my question would be why an outboard?
I'd personally want a wider boat with aanything over 4.5 hp
is that any help/
cheers Paul

Thanks for the interesting story, Daniel.

Contributed here recently by Ken and Chuck, is this elegant
and versatile Bolger speedster what you were
heading at?

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/designs/LakeLaunch.gif

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kinguq wrote:
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> By this point, however, the boat is not really a June Bug
> anymore.

Hello

A few years ago I built a "modified" June bug especially as a
motorboat. The modification was to take out all the stern rocker. The
boat performed very well with a 6 hp 2-stroke, and planed nicely with
two adults and a child. If I was doing it again, the other
modification would be to run the sides straight back to a wider
transom and wider bottom at the back. The reason for this is that the
narrow transom is no advantage on a motorboat, and in fact decreases
the bouyancy aft and can result in flooding in following seas.

By this point, however, the boat is not really a June Bug anymore. It
was really designed as a sailboat/rowboat, and I'm sure there are
better powerboat designs out there.

Daniel Pike,
Tromso, Norway.

--- In bolger@y..., "sctree" <sctree@d...> wrote:
> Any Junebug owners have an outboard on the transom?
>
> If so, what size and what do you think of it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick

Any Junebug owners have an outboard on the transom?

If so, what size and what do you think of it?

Thanks,

Rick