Ever heard of "Feathercraft" alum. boat?
RAH2D
draft. It's a "Feathercraft" built in Atlanta, GA. Anybody know anything
about these boats?
Thanks
Chip Herrington
Brian Grant
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> RAH2D (ra...@aol.com) wrote:
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> > I have purchased an old aluminum runabout. 14' with great lines. 5
> > foot draft. It's a "Feathercraft" built in Atlanta, GA. Anybody
> > know anything about these boats?
>
>
> I don't know much about them (yet), but I have one. About the size of
> yours, only me "beam" is 5', and my "draft" is considerable less, more
> like 2' :-)
>
That must be to the bottom of the outboard huh? Unless you carry a
whole lotta beer, I can't imagine a 14' aluminum boat drawing 2 feet :-)
Marcus G Bell
> I have purchased an old aluminum runabout. 14' with great lines. 5
> foot draft. It's a "Feathercraft" built in Atlanta, GA. Anybody
> know anything about these boats?
Chip,
I don't know much about them (yet), but I have one. About the size of
yours, only me "beam" is 5', and my "draft" is considerable less, more
like 2' :-)
2 places to try:
http://www.acbs.com for the "old boat club", but these boats are
perhaps more popular amongst the "old motor club" at
http://www.aomci.org
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Marcus. ( be...@mail.med.upenn.edu )
Marcus G Bell
> > my "draft" is considerable less, more > like 2' :-)
Brian Grant (bmg...@nospam.please.erols.com) wrote:
> That must be to the bottom of the outboard huh? Unless you carry a
> whole lotta beer, I can't imagine a 14' aluminum boat drawing 2 feet
> :-)
That is correct. 2' would have the transom under water if I were
quoting the hull by itself. The outboard skeg is an estimated 2' under
when the tank is full of gas and I'm in the back rope starting the 40
year-old outboard. Yeah, there's a battery and electric start which I
could use if I wanted, but the choke solenoid had an internal
discontinuity which I corrected, and I haven't actually put it back on
the motor yet as it would involve a certain amount of disassembly.
Sometimes, I'd rather just *use* it and not dick around with it. So,
manual choke and rope start it is. It's been this way for 2 summer
vacations and countless day trips, waiting for that "someday" to
arrive when I'll finally finish it.
I keep the beer sloshing about my innards.
Jim Brinson
RAH2D wrote:
> I have purchased an old aluminum runabout. 14' with great lines. 5 foot
> draft. It's a "Feathercraft" built in Atlanta, GA. Anybody know anything
> about these boats?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chip Herrington
Ah, Feathercraft1 Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I had an
11' footer as a kid. It was powered by a 3hp Evinrude until we moved up to a
Martin 60 (About 7hp-made by the National Pressure Cooker Co.).
Both engines had a self contained gas tank, so I carried my extra fuel in a 2
gal metal can. Not being too smart then (and probably not much smarter now)
I neglected to put any kind of padding under the tank. The result was that I
wore a circular hole in the bottom of the boat where the tank sat.
I remember that the boat had very hard chines, green seats, and was quite
ruggedly built. Thanks for reminding me of that brand.
Good luck and good boating,
Jim
Jim Brinson
Marcus G Bell wrote:
> Jim Brinson (brin...@traknet.com) wrote:
>
> > Ah, Feathercraft1 Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
> > I had an 11' footer as a kid. It was powered by a 3hp Evinrude until
> > we moved up to a Martin 60 (About 7hp-made by the National Pressure
> > Cooker Co.). ...
>
> > I remember that the boat had very hard chines, green seats, and was
> > quite ruggedly built. Thanks for reminding me of that brand.
>
> You're talking about the rowboat with hard chines and slab sides and
> bottom. I've seen one of those. The runabouts with which I'm most
> familiar have very soft chines, in fact the chines just wrap around to
> the gunnels in a barrelback.
>
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> Marcus. ( be...@mail.med.upenn.edu )
Marcus, you're absolutely right; they did have some runabouts in their
line. At the time they were not in my family's budget.
Jim