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by Sam K
Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:53 am
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: Message for Sam K.
Replies: 2
Views: 1375

Percy, The prop is a 13x19" pitch. A couple weeks ago, I raised the motor up about 1 1/2" because I was getting too much splash up into the motor well. That made a big difference, I can tell there is less drag now. After moving the motor up, we took it to the river on a very calm evening a...
by Sam K
Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:46 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: C21 Launched in Central Illinois
Replies: 17
Views: 6875

Thanks for the compliments, we are very happy with the way it turned out. We only had it out for about 6 hours and it used about 12 gallons of gas (I don't know if that is good or not, I'v only had a 40 hp with 6 gallon tank and it would last all season because we would troll most of the time). I di...
by Sam K
Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:56 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: C21 Launched in Central Illinois
Replies: 17
Views: 6875

C21 Launched in Central Illinois

Hello everyone, We successfully launched our C21 in the Illinois river on June 27th 2007. Here is the link to my gallery and a short story of our build. http://gallery.bateau2.com/thumbnails.php?album=648 The boat was built by Richard (my 77 year old Dad), Merrich (my 11 year old son), and me, Sam, ...