Electric boats
Electric Mini Speed Boat
This was my first ‘V’ hull speed boat. I added a small 1.2 horsepower two cycle loud as hell Game Fisher gas motor for power. It got up to about 4 miles per hour. It was fun to drive. On this second version, which I show all the steps to build it on my youtube…
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Little miss Sally electric boat
For PDF plans, click here! This is Liberty, the first wood boat I designed and made. The sides and bulkheads are Made of pine boards. The deck and bottom from one sheet of 1/4″ marine plywood. It started as a kayak, then a spinnaker sail and rudder was added, and finally a small electric trolling…
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Sparky electric boat
For video plans, click here! Since my back started bothering me I’d been wanting to make a fluted plastic electric boat, but the shorter non-leaking folds of my other boats kind of restricted the weight limit. On this boat I added a wood transom adding 9″ in length. This gave me more buoyancy for the…
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Liberty wood kayak
For PDF plans, click here! I had just gone through a divorce and was wanting to make something that would get my mind off my problems and get me on the nearby lakes. I studied some boat building books and made some drawings. My goal was to keep the material costs under $100. I found…
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