My friend John Philips and I decided to build a small inshore fishing boat in the early 1980’s. We wanted a low tech, low fuel consumption sea boat for rod-and-reeling blues and bass, and fish potting. The range would be within ten miles of home, mostly around Fishers Island, in Ne York waters across the Sound from where we lived in Mystic. At first we made some halfhearted attempts to model a dory skiff with hard chines powered by an outboard. (We should have stuck with this plan.) Enter our boss, an old Ledyard farmer who said “No boys, what you want is a diesel engine, not one of them unreliable outboards.” (“Diesel” pronounced deeesel.)
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Paul Briggs says:
The most expensive thing of all is buying a brand new “deesel”.
Wendy Warnick says:
Hmmm. We have an old Seagull under my shop. Guess I better build a boat to store it in the lazarette of…
Dean Lohse says:
Good boat, bad engine. These things happen. Why we love paddlecraft and pulling boats.
Cameron O'Connor says:
If that’s your biggest disaster Walt, well you’re doing alright. Mistakes are definitely how I’ve learned best.
Fred Wise says:
Hey Walt you should have consulted with Fred Davis, may he RIP.
Carolyn Harrington says:
Just. Bought a Torqeedo