In the "propellers" thread on the mechanical forum I posted a couple of shots of the FV Spicy Lady.* I thought this would be more appropriate in "design" than in "propellers."
Here are two shots I took yesterday in the yard where our boat is currently hauled.* It's an interesting study in design change over some seventy or eighty years.* Two fishing boats, both used in the Alaska fishery.* The "David B" was built in the early 1900s and used in Bristol Bay.* Currentliy restored but still powered with her original 3-cylinder Washington engine, she is a study in the melding of aesthetics and function.
Spicy Lady, built in 1992, is a study in function with a bit of aesthetics thrown in for good measure.
I had a chance to visit the engine room of the David B the other year when she was in this same yard.* They were running the engine and it was quite something to stand down next to it with all its exposed moving parts.* There are a couple of short videos on YouTube someone made of the "David B's" engine in operation.
Here are two shots I took yesterday in the yard where our boat is currently hauled.* It's an interesting study in design change over some seventy or eighty years.* Two fishing boats, both used in the Alaska fishery.* The "David B" was built in the early 1900s and used in Bristol Bay.* Currentliy restored but still powered with her original 3-cylinder Washington engine, she is a study in the melding of aesthetics and function.
Spicy Lady, built in 1992, is a study in function with a bit of aesthetics thrown in for good measure.
I had a chance to visit the engine room of the David B the other year when she was in this same yard.* They were running the engine and it was quite something to stand down next to it with all its exposed moving parts.* There are a couple of short videos on YouTube someone made of the "David B's" engine in operation.