wharfrat
05-23-2005, 11:03 AM
I was going through a 1991 October issue of Pacific Yachting. Granted its primary focus is towards tupperware crafts however they do have some of the best articles on Allen Farrell. Also good articles on how to sail thorough the Gulf Islands. What to see and where to go etc.
Anyway on page 28 there is an ad for a “sculling outboard marine drive” The name on the unit that hangs off the transom is “Young’s Skilful Scull Marine drive”. Hanging from the unit are a couple of tube like cylinders similar to the weights hanging in a grandfather clock.
The ad reads
more efficient than propellers
forward/reverse/neutral changes at full power
straight line thrust in both forward and reverse mode
multiple units driven by a single motor
continuously variable pitch sculls
no unbalanced lateral torque reaction
no gears required in drive
no clutch or fluid coupling required
no drive leg, bearing or other accessory required by a propeller that creates drag in the water
sculls break away on grounding or fouling. They are instantly resetable at the top of the unit.
Design adaptable to any horsepower rating inboard or outboard
The company was out of Nanaimo B.C. and the photo shows a guy in a 14 foot or so bathtub seated like he has hold of a tiller. The unit that is sort of a rectangular cube is about the same size as the top part of a 50 h.p. outboard.
Has anybody ever seen one of these units? Any ideas???
Anyway on page 28 there is an ad for a “sculling outboard marine drive” The name on the unit that hangs off the transom is “Young’s Skilful Scull Marine drive”. Hanging from the unit are a couple of tube like cylinders similar to the weights hanging in a grandfather clock.
The ad reads
more efficient than propellers
forward/reverse/neutral changes at full power
straight line thrust in both forward and reverse mode
multiple units driven by a single motor
continuously variable pitch sculls
no unbalanced lateral torque reaction
no gears required in drive
no clutch or fluid coupling required
no drive leg, bearing or other accessory required by a propeller that creates drag in the water
sculls break away on grounding or fouling. They are instantly resetable at the top of the unit.
Design adaptable to any horsepower rating inboard or outboard
The company was out of Nanaimo B.C. and the photo shows a guy in a 14 foot or so bathtub seated like he has hold of a tiller. The unit that is sort of a rectangular cube is about the same size as the top part of a 50 h.p. outboard.
Has anybody ever seen one of these units? Any ideas???