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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kevrob <kjrobinson@mail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation. Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:06:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 90 Message-ID: <veimu3$14bsc$1@dont-email.me> References: <vdjlk6$393hv$1@dont-email.me> <vdk2tj$t76$1@panix2.panix.com> <lm5indFadgdU1@mid.individual.net> <vdq78n$jnci$1@dont-email.me> <vdrv8f$rjv5$1@dont-email.me> <veddgc$2puo$2@dont-email.me> <veecqm$8pcc$1@dont-email.me> <vegn3f$nc2k$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:06:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a2bcee8973099a315a8b331d327fdc5a"; logging-data="1191820"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19rlpDSBIPn9dX/bSSIoCZMBA0MNjz7ySo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:KxdGT63O+ZU4Hnze+BZg93gX7tk= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <vegn3f$nc2k$1@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241013-4, 10/13/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 4651 On 10/13/2024 10:56 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote: > On 12/10/2024 12.48, William Hyde wrote: >> Kevrob wrote: >>> On 10/5/2024 2:07 PM, William Hyde wrote: >>>> Lynn McGuire wrote: >>>>> On 10/2/2024 1:46 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >>>>>> In article <vdk2tj$t76$1@panix2.panix.com>, >>>>>> Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote: >>>>>>> William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid >>>>>>>> who is >>>>>>>> fascinated by things mechanical. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A fiction book or nonfiction? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I was... younger than 12, might have been about seven... I >>>>>>> got my >>>>>>> father to buy me the Chilton's engine rebuilding annual. I still >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> it. I spent months poring over it. >>>>>>> --scott >>>>>> >>>>>> L. Sprague deCamp actually wrote a non-fiction book about engines. >>>>>> >>>>>> Huh, it's actually called _Engines_: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Engines-L-Sprague-Camp/dp/B0006BZMX8 >>>>> >>>>> That is a wild picture. I can tell you from experience, working on >>>>> a outboard engine in the middle of a lake or river is not fun when >>>>> you drop whatever you were working on in the drink. In my case, it >>>>> was the propeller after we ran over a log and broke the prop key. >>>>> One should always have a spare prop and several keys on board. >>>> >>>> I had a similar experience but without the log (why it broke I do >>>> not know). >>>> >>>> It's amazing how long it takes to move a 10 foot boat a mile with >>>> only one paddle. If there had been any kind of current the other >>>> way I'd still be out there. >>>> >>>> I could have swum back faster. >>>> >>>> I never went out again without checking the spares, even if I >>>> absolutely knew they were there. >>>> >>>> >>>> William Hyde >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I used to put my Great-Uncle's 3.5 hp Evinrude (a 1956, IMS) on the >>> back of my family's 10-ft aluminum dinghy, >> >> >> We also had a 3.5 Evinrude, and the year is about right. >> >> Also an aluminum boat. It usually had oars, but for some reason they >> were gone that day and only a paddle remained. I could have rowed it >> back easily enough, but paddling is for canoes, not boats. >> >> My uncle was well off, and every year he had new and stronger engines. >> the last I recall were twin 80 mercs. > > Hopefully, they weren't on the same old aluminum rowboat. > > A frequent comment from older salts down where folks put their craft in the water: "You've got too much motor on that boat." I thought our 3.5hp engine was just right. I thought anything more than a 5hp gas engine might be too heavy for the stern. Since the last time I piloted any kind of boat, electric engines have come in, so I don't know what tiny craft get rated for, these days. I imagine the shape of the hull still matters. BITD you'd not want much power on a dinghy that you could also sail, as it would draw differently than our almost flat- bottomed one. Twin 80s would be nice on the back of a cabin cruiser, or a mid-sized skiff. How big was your uncle's boat? -- Kevin R -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com