10 ft parkercaft.
Bottom worn thin from grandad dragging it up and down beaches....leaky rivets....etc 2hp then 8hp yam 2s on it.
Would plane me and the kids and a net when the kids were smaller.....probably plane a max payload of 200-210 kilos.
Unstable,low freeboard dubious boyancy if swamped but it could be carryed down a beach by me and a child it was light.
I welded up cracks and rivets etc but she had just done her time.....Still in service but as a row boat only.
Built my own pontoon dingy to replace it.....specialist low draft ultra stable flounder netting boat.....then they banned set nets.
So from 3 boats to just one now....the fryan 450 Ventura 40 hp Johnson 2s on that , its like a 440 but has a flat floor and a 4mm plate hull instead of a 3mm pressed hull.
For a little boat it rides really well but is a wet ride in a side on sea, I've welded on a flat bar strip to the chine in the forard 3rd which helps a lot.
Nice and quiet at ankor too.
40hp is just adequate really....or maybe I load it up too much or both.
60hp and stand up cuddy it would be a bloody great boat.
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