Good Morning, Its surely unique that a radical new supercharger would be launched on the water. How radical will be well illustrated in the next 21st Century ...
Good Morning, I'm finishing up the newsletter this weekend -- I hope. Its been an unusually difficult issue with several articles done and redone. Its that...
Finding A Motor For A Small Jon Boat Crestliner recommends a 3 hp motor for their smallest 10/12 foot flat bottom utility boats. Even with weights of only...
Good Morning, Last time I made the point that its easy to achieve a power-to-weight in a Jon boat (and other designs) that at least equals the typical high ...
Hello, Hull design for high speed on the water is something we'll explore more fully as we get further along. The first reason is that until you I read the...
Good Morning, Increasing power of a small boat substantially literally demands building a new floor inside the present floor area with fiberglass resin and ...
Good Morning, One of several major objections to building a really fast boat is the hull won't stand the punishment. As I've briefly touched on, this is a ...
Hello, Over the weekend I mailed issue No.134 of 21st Century Turbo. As its sent first class mail , you should receive it Thursday or Friday depending on...
Good morning, While we wait on the arrival of the November/December newsletter and discussions on the new Terminator supercharger system, I want to jump ahead...
Good Morning, Last time I briefly covered the latest military special operations craft. This boat has evolved from the last experimental PT boats of World War ...
Good morning, CNN featured a piece yesterday on the new Mark V Special Operations Craft (Riverine) off the coast of Kuwat in preparation for an invasion of...
Continuing from yesterday... C02 is the only source of stored pressure that can provide the requirements of both Vortex tubes for cooling and Air Amplifiers...
Good Morning, A quick follow up on the latest comments on the Terminator group... Using a supercharger on marine engines offers many new opportunities for ...
Good Morning, I'll resume regular posts on this group shortly (after you receive the newsletter next week), but I have a couple of web sites you'll surely find...
Dear Dick, I very much enjoy reading the posts for this group and the blowthrough group. Much of what you discuss in the marine group I have encountered...
JANUARY, 2003 THE ADVANTAGES OF DRAW-THRU: Draw-Thru systems are ideal for smaller engines for numerous reasons. First are the complications and lack of...
Good Morning, I've spent some time in recent weeks putting some basic fuel economy information on our high mpg Yahoo group, and more will follow shortly. The...
A few weeks ago I mentioned the new Polaris MSX 150 with a turbo- charged 750 cc engine making 150 hp. I picked up the February issue of "Boating" today any...
After using a jet ski for a couple of summers I am intrigued by teh jet drive, but unhappy with the two cycle engine. I recently aquired a tamamha wave runner...
In a message dated 4/12/03 7:19:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vectorges@... writes: After using a jet ski for a couple of summers I am intrigued by the jet...
Hi Dick! I'm very supportive of your work in the areas of high speed boats and cheap supercharger kits, etc. I'm concerned, however, about the feasibility of a...
In a message dated 5/6/03 10:57:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, gasman03242@... writes: Dick are you talking about a drive such as a modified tunnel boat...
With summer here and the Gator Supercharger design finalized and near ready for real world testing, this group should be getting some new marine related...
That was an interesting site however the one on hydrafoils was not available. 10 feet above the water at 300 mph would be an awesome ride. My little fishing...
This group was formed back in October 2003 as a place to put marine technology that can't be found elsewhere. That begins with the fact that there is no...
Using inexpensive automotive or industrial engines to power boats is an idea that's been around for a long time. Many ideas have been tried with varying...
If I were asked where we are going on this marine series, I'd say to build the fastest boats ever built. All the materials and know how is here but they just...
It would seem that building a high speed boat like I've been describing would be an insurmountable task for the average backyard boat builder with average...
While popular mainstream boating industry is basically World War Two tech built cheap in mass-produced fiberglass, there are areas of boating that are real...