NGC Classic wooden boats

[s1120]

This is our old 1953 boat, the first of three built by my woodwork teacher.  A 12 footer. powered by one of the first OHV Honda 5hp engines to hit our shores.  The "pilot" sits on one side and steers with a tiller.  Power is transmitted via a V belt to a pulley which transfers the rotation by a chain encased in a bronze casting to a puller prop underneath.  The drive system was designed and built here in New Zealand by a firm called France Craft, probably the first to build fibreglass boats here in NZ, around 1955.  It is the only one I have ever seen, and it goes just great.  The boat itself is great for just ducking out for a quick fish up to about a mile from shore.  not very fast but a very stable fishing platform.

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Interesting..  I have never seen a drive setup like that. Is that a common setup over there? I have seen all kinds of diferent boats, old and new and never anything like that!

[Muzz]

Interesting..  I have never seen a drive setup like that. Is that a common setup over there? I have seen all kinds of diferent boats, old and new and never anything like that!

It's the only one I have ever seen as well.  I do know from when I launch it off the beach that it tends to be a bloke magnet.  To date, no one else has ever seen one like it either.

It makes for an amazingly roomy fishing boat, especially seeing that it is only 12 foot long.  Very stable as well for when I go snorkelling.  I can haul myself over the side and it barely tilts at all.