Chinese outboards for Gernot (and others)

[Timo_N62.9_E27.7]

To avoid hijacking the photo contest I post these in a separate thread.

Some wooden ones:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1C81LQWiOI/AAAAAAAAAfs/jgUEzOdluZY/s720/P1020815.JPG

One made of steel:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1C87vFeppI/AAAAAAAAAf0/ekY77Zc4ICc/s720/P1020811.JPG

Another made of steel with an outboard in a well with a nice belt drive (with a cover, which is not common in China):
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1C_Niq0YqI/AAAAAAAAAgA/CGuzQNMfrnw/s720/P1020818.JPG


Double installation in an almost fully loeded barge (there is still some coaming left as freeboard):
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1DCZs7HFDI/AAAAAAAAAgI/kp3Fq38MB5I/s1024/P9190022Crop.jpg

Triple engines with double rudders:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1DCZ1RMegI/AAAAAAAAAgM/Vp6dNnqTDkk/s912/P9190023Crop.jpg

[seedy]

Great photos. Makes me feel like travelling.

[johnw]

Those outboards look more sophisticated than the ones I saw in China 15 years ago. Looks like the engineering has reached the 1950s.

[Michael D. Storey]

Great pix, man. Check out the stern on the last pic; doubt it's original to the barge. Any ideas?

[Timo_N62.9_E27.7]

Great pix, man. Check out the stern on the last pic; doubt it's original to the barge. Any ideas?
The stern looks like it had been attached to the barge complete with the engines and rudders.

Most of the outboards in the pictures are variations of the ambiquitious one cylinder engine that keeps China rolling on the fields, roads, rivers and channels. Probably not in the air, though.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1DCZ-Bxj6I/AAAAAAAAAgQ/3WZ4tIaXEig/s720/P1030190.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1DCaIM4eNI/AAAAAAAAAgU/qUCNSCjrmBg/s720/P1020523.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1DCaQDpCOI/AAAAAAAAAgY/4svHqWH833A/s720/P1020539.JPG

[Timo_N62.9_E27.7]

Sometimes they have even reached the nineties:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BTpcCf0IC44/S1F6WcyTG7I/AAAAAAAAAgs/FXgtDRmnBCI/s720/P1020816.JPG