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Dad and I went to the florida flywheelers the other day. Marie Hall Keaney had her 1955 Sid-craft and mark 20 there. I only got to chat with her for a few seconds, I would have liked to chat with her longer.
There were several old mercs and evinrudes in one of the buildings. one rude had a a long prop shaft out the back of the motor that would put the pop about 5 feet behind the boat. One old rude was in a case and it had more chome parts than a show car. I hope to be able to post pics soon.
But the motor that impressed me the most was not an outboard. It was made in 1919. it was made by the Snow company. the flywheel weighs over 12 tons. It is a 4 cylinder with 20 inch bores and 36 inch stroke (over 40,000 cubic inches!) it makes 400 hp at 120 rpm. this thing is conected to a pump and was used to pump natural gas from well fields to consumers.it takes three people to start it. A true flywheel motor as you spin the flywheel to start it. I did not get to see it started, but did get to watch it run. the foundation for the motor took over 16 yards of concrete and it feels like you are standing next to a BIG punch press when it is running. when it hits the end of a stroke you can feel the ground shake. this thing was impressive as heck. it must be at least 25 feet long
There were several old mercs and evinrudes in one of the buildings. one rude had a a long prop shaft out the back of the motor that would put the pop about 5 feet behind the boat. One old rude was in a case and it had more chome parts than a show car. I hope to be able to post pics soon.
But the motor that impressed me the most was not an outboard. It was made in 1919. it was made by the Snow company. the flywheel weighs over 12 tons. It is a 4 cylinder with 20 inch bores and 36 inch stroke (over 40,000 cubic inches!) it makes 400 hp at 120 rpm. this thing is conected to a pump and was used to pump natural gas from well fields to consumers.it takes three people to start it. A true flywheel motor as you spin the flywheel to start it. I did not get to see it started, but did get to watch it run. the foundation for the motor took over 16 yards of concrete and it feels like you are standing next to a BIG punch press when it is running. when it hits the end of a stroke you can feel the ground shake. this thing was impressive as heck. it must be at least 25 feet long
