my day off,,,, so i tinkered wit the tinny

[choppa]

shano,,, top is all ally,,, in the attached pic you can see part of it hiding behind the brick pillar prior to painting,,,

the extenable roof will lock onto this and have 2 supports towards the bow,,,

sunroof style slide inner and outer will take care of the ""gap"" over the nose area,,

cost,,, dunno yet,,,, a customer of mine is doing all work,,,,,, including a few pieces that are going under the roof lining,,,,

choppa

[shano]

nice work!

[mini696]

Since the paint wont be in the water for extended periods, do yo uhave to use marine paint, or can you use normal automotive paint?

[choppa]

mini,,, i had the same query for the paint doctor,,,, expecting him to say ""marine"" all the way,,,

problem was the paint work originally was ""enamel"",,,,,, straight from the tin so to say

he had a tinny painted in black midnight,,, so after i had a look at it and couldn't see any worse for wear,, i decided to give it a go,,,,

preparation is the key i think,,, heaps of etch pro was used,,, and a small amount of hardner added to the final coat (coats)

theres still one more cover to go on,,, but i'm hoping (pleeeeeeease god) to have all bits n pieces for the roof done by tomorrow to enable fitting on saturday (don't tell the boss where i'll be,,, in the workshop,,,) THEN,,,, on the water saturday

then its just the finer bits and last THE decision on what to do with the motor (motors) transplant,,,,,,,,,,,

choppa

[Heath]

Holey SHIT! It's batman!

[Argle]

Holy spot x's Batchop! Thats one wild looking machine! Whats this "motors" talk? A twin rig tinny maybe? One to push the boat and one to power the spotties?
Looks cool mate keep the pics coming!

Cheers and Beers
Scott

[choppa]

i'm getting rally peeved here,,,, so i'll throw an open question

one of which i've had a lot off ,,,,yeh,,,dunno,,,why would you do that,,, can't be done,,, (and the list goes on,,,and on )

simply put,,, you have an outboard thats tiller controlled,,,

now place another beside it,,

is there SOMEONE OUT THERE,,, that can explain why you can't ""join"" them together to form twin motors

reason why i ask,,, electric start 9-15 hp motors come with tiller control

throttle and steering can remain tiller,,, thats what i prefer due to room issues,,, but i'm open to any suggestions

as a passing comment,,, there was a mag i read on one of my many stays in the RBWH,, that had a pic of a Merc twin powered tinny in 15hp tiller controlled,,, thats where my idea came from to do this update to the motor,,,,

all the ""experts"" who i've bounced this off at Merc/Yamaha/Johnson say otherwise

outboard jet is looking to be the flavour of the moment

choppa

[tunaticer]

It is certainly doable just not done is all. I know about 20 yrs ago Noel Stanaway's brother used to fish Deep Tempest in a banana boat dory with twin 15hp yams pushing it lazily along. I didn't say he was a wise man but he did it almost every weekend in winter heading out from Scarborough and returning bailing out water to keep afloat with all the fish he used to catch. We referred to him as Halfway instead of Stanaway cuz we would see him halfway accross the bay either coming in or going out. That and thinking he was a halfw*t for going out wide in that boat.

But back to the main story it is possible to link the two motors to steer and to work the throttle with the one tiller handle, it's just a matter of engineering it and maybe a steering damper too.

Jack.

[choppa]

jack,,, thanks for the vote of confidence,,,, the steering is (i believe) the easy part,,,, with a ""rod"" connecting both motors,,,,

i've been told,,, 18" is the preffered distance between centres,,, 've been told that you can get (import USA) a tiller control that allows gearbox/throttle control for a dual setup,,,

so all the prelimary stuff is positive,,,, then the ""experts" say,,,, nah,, waste of time considering it,,, can't be done???????????

i'm thinking opposite,,,, has to be a way thats simple and easy,,,,i've even offered a cash settlement on 2 new motors to the first to raise there hand and say,,, yep,,,can fit it next tuesday,,

PODS are the key,,,, once i sort out the transom upgrade cost to have them attached,, then i'll get serious

choppa

[Steve Jassid]

Hey Dude.... where is my boat? mmmm lol

[shano]

i think it can be done for sure! if all you need to be told is it can be done.... then it can be. but on a serious point i think it can be done and i dont think it would be a prob! once you have the two motors i think it will be easy to work out a way to make them work.

[finga]

Save yourself the headache poppo choppa. Just bung a 25 on the bum and away ya go
A pod would be interesting though...maybe a pod on 'Junior' as well??