do it yourself transmission?

[Phillip Allen]

A couple of years ago I looked (via internet) at a forty foot schooner in Nova Scotia. I was surprised to see, in the pic of "engine room", a familiar Honda 11 horse horizontal shaft motor. I wonder just what sort of transmission would work with this motor. It comes with a six to one reduction gear or may be bought without it.

[Phillip Allen]

A couple of years ago I looked (via internet) at a forty foot schooner in Nova Scotia. I was surprised to see, in the pic of "engine room", a familiar Honda 11 horse horizontal shaft motor. I wonder just what sort of transmission would work with this motor. It comes with a six to one reduction gear or may be bought without it.

[Phillip Allen]

A couple of years ago I looked (via internet) at a forty foot schooner in Nova Scotia. I was surprised to see, in the pic of "engine room", a familiar Honda 11 horse horizontal shaft motor. I wonder just what sort of transmission would work with this motor. It comes with a six to one reduction gear or may be bought without it.

[mmd]

Do you remember the name of the boat or where it was located?

[mmd]

Do you remember the name of the boat or where it was located?

[mmd]

Do you remember the name of the boat or where it was located?

[Stiletto]

Eleven horses doesnt seem like much power for a forty footer, are you sure it wasnt a generator setup you were seeing? Possibly the boat could have had a variable pitch prop to give forward/reverse and feathered for sailing.

My boat has a variable prop fitted that does this and the shaft was connected by a toothed belt with a 2:1 reduction from the motor. The motor being petrol, is no longer fitted in the boat.

[Stiletto]

Eleven horses doesnt seem like much power for a forty footer, are you sure it wasnt a generator setup you were seeing? Possibly the boat could have had a variable pitch prop to give forward/reverse and feathered for sailing.

My boat has a variable prop fitted that does this and the shaft was connected by a toothed belt with a 2:1 reduction from the motor. The motor being petrol, is no longer fitted in the boat.

[Stiletto]

Eleven horses doesnt seem like much power for a forty footer, are you sure it wasnt a generator setup you were seeing? Possibly the boat could have had a variable pitch prop to give forward/reverse and feathered for sailing.

My boat has a variable prop fitted that does this and the shaft was connected by a toothed belt with a 2:1 reduction from the motor. The motor being petrol, is no longer fitted in the boat.

[Phillip Allen]

It was an eleven horse Honda alright. The owner said he only used it to get to or away from his mooring and it could achieve about four knots. I use these things for a living and the Honda is actually the best engine to be had for the mixers I use in masonry. Unless someone really screws it up, it's a one pull start every time. It was in a forty foot wooden schooner...nice looking.

[Phillip Allen]

It was an eleven horse Honda alright. The owner said he only used it to get to or away from his mooring and it could achieve about four knots. I use these things for a living and the Honda is actually the best engine to be had for the mixers I use in masonry. Unless someone really screws it up, it's a one pull start every time. It was in a forty foot wooden schooner...nice looking.

[Phillip Allen]

It was an eleven horse Honda alright. The owner said he only used it to get to or away from his mooring and it could achieve about four knots. I use these things for a living and the Honda is actually the best engine to be had for the mixers I use in masonry. Unless someone really screws it up, it's a one pull start every time. It was in a forty foot wooden schooner...nice looking.

[Phillip Allen]

I still wonder what transmission could be involved here....?

[Phillip Allen]

I still wonder what transmission could be involved here....?

[Phillip Allen]

I still wonder what transmission could be involved here....?

[ion barnes]

It may have been a Hurth transmission.

Sidebar to this, I remember seeing in a national Fisherman mag (long time ago) an Alaskan gillnetter(Bow picker) that had a very short propshaft with a 5 row V-belt drive to a Chevy with a Powerglide trans! The engine was in the stern, trans foreward, with the prop shaft underneath. A poormans' V-drive.

[ion barnes]

It may have been a Hurth transmission.

Sidebar to this, I remember seeing in a national Fisherman mag (long time ago) an Alaskan gillnetter(Bow picker) that had a very short propshaft with a 5 row V-belt drive to a Chevy with a Powerglide trans! The engine was in the stern, trans foreward, with the prop shaft underneath. A poormans' V-drive.

[ion barnes]

It may have been a Hurth transmission.

Sidebar to this, I remember seeing in a national Fisherman mag (long time ago) an Alaskan gillnetter(Bow picker) that had a very short propshaft with a 5 row V-belt drive to a Chevy with a Powerglide trans! The engine was in the stern, trans foreward, with the prop shaft underneath. A poormans' V-drive.

[PeterSibley]

Doesn't sound like a bad setup Ion,with a taper thrust race on the end of the prop shaft.

[PeterSibley]

Doesn't sound like a bad setup Ion,with a taper thrust race on the end of the prop shaft.

[PeterSibley]

Doesn't sound like a bad setup Ion,with a taper thrust race on the end of the prop shaft.