Tennessee photo album
Hello Friends,
I've added a photo album of my model Tennessee. The model is
sixteen inches long. Creating an album was more straight forward
than I had imagined--I didn't need my wife's help after all!
Eventually I will post some pictures of the build itself. For that
I'll have to wait for my wife to get home in two weeks, because she
has the camera! Somewhere I have some old photos from early stages,
but I can't find them.
Modifications to the plans include a two and one half feet extension
to the stern--to make it round. I felt this brought the long narrow
lines together well, and, originally, the outboard was going to be
concealed here as well. Prices of four stroke outboards and gas in
general frightened me into finding a good diesel. Since my ultimate
objective was maximum cruising economy, diesel made sense. I look
forward to using bio diesel and waste vegetable oil for fuel.
Clearly, it's more work though. It's 22hp/42ft lbs torque through a
ZF-Hurth 2:1 reduction gearbox, 5.5' of 1" stainless shaft to a 14"
propeller turning around 1200-1400rpm. Oh, my.
Well, I also opted for a bow cockpit. I eliminated the external
chines for aesthetic reasons. Put a curve to the cabin top for the
same reason, and a slight curve to the decks to shed water. The
boat has internal stringers now, and vertical frames added between
the bulkheads every foot or so. A longitudinal clamp runs across
these from stem to stern midway between floor and sheer. What fun!
One of the things I really appreciate about this design is the
genius of its perfect simplicity and function, combined with maximum
ease of building. So it is ridiculous to change and modify things
and thus create lots of extra work! Clearly, I couldn't help it. I
learned tons, have had a great time, and really look forward to cost
efficient cruising along the hundreds and hundreds of miles of
Columbia and Snake rivers, and beyond!
Tim
I've added a photo album of my model Tennessee. The model is
sixteen inches long. Creating an album was more straight forward
than I had imagined--I didn't need my wife's help after all!
Eventually I will post some pictures of the build itself. For that
I'll have to wait for my wife to get home in two weeks, because she
has the camera! Somewhere I have some old photos from early stages,
but I can't find them.
Modifications to the plans include a two and one half feet extension
to the stern--to make it round. I felt this brought the long narrow
lines together well, and, originally, the outboard was going to be
concealed here as well. Prices of four stroke outboards and gas in
general frightened me into finding a good diesel. Since my ultimate
objective was maximum cruising economy, diesel made sense. I look
forward to using bio diesel and waste vegetable oil for fuel.
Clearly, it's more work though. It's 22hp/42ft lbs torque through a
ZF-Hurth 2:1 reduction gearbox, 5.5' of 1" stainless shaft to a 14"
propeller turning around 1200-1400rpm. Oh, my.
Well, I also opted for a bow cockpit. I eliminated the external
chines for aesthetic reasons. Put a curve to the cabin top for the
same reason, and a slight curve to the decks to shed water. The
boat has internal stringers now, and vertical frames added between
the bulkheads every foot or so. A longitudinal clamp runs across
these from stem to stern midway between floor and sheer. What fun!
One of the things I really appreciate about this design is the
genius of its perfect simplicity and function, combined with maximum
ease of building. So it is ridiculous to change and modify things
and thus create lots of extra work! Clearly, I couldn't help it. I
learned tons, have had a great time, and really look forward to cost
efficient cruising along the hundreds and hundreds of miles of
Columbia and Snake rivers, and beyond!
Tim