Subject: bass boat
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:30:16
BASS BOAT / Neil Gaughan / kb7c@qsl.net / 8-20-01: The boat is finished and has been launched. I am attaching several .jpg images showing the finished boat, some without the engine mounted which show detail on the stern, motorwell, etc. I even threw one in showing the trailer, which was modified from and existing one, but along the lines in your trailer book. The engine was mounted last week and the boat tested at Lake Patagonia, AZ on Saturday August 18. It performed great under power, top speed was 25 mph as measured by a following boat trying to match speed. The engine is a 1989 Johnson 40HP, just rebuilt and running like new.
I did finally find insurance, from Haggerty. It was very reasonable and I got converage for both boat and engine.
Thanks for your great support throughout the project. I am sure a lot of my questions seemed like they were being asked from a very naive person, and they were. But then, look at the final product. The design works!! When we launched it last weekend, there were a bunch of people drooling over the boat and couldn't believe I made it myself. Now that felt good!.
Neil
