Chum
This speedy inboard runabout is designed for a converted Jeep motor
- Category
- Inboard Runabouts
- Designer
- William D. Jackson
- Published
- Boat Builder's Handbook, p. 40
- Craft Print
- 36
A convex-bottom (hydroconic) inboard runabout designed around a marinized Jeep engine such as the 60 hp Lehman Econ-o-Power, which drives it at over 30 mph. Any light, high-speed 25–100 hp engine also works. Build it with a double cockpit, or a single cockpit for utility use.
Specifications
- Length
- 15 ft 6 in
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Draft
- 20 in maximum
- Construction
- 3/8 in. marine plywood over white oak and spruce frame; convex (hydroconic) bottom; single or double cockpit
- Power
- Marinized Jeep engine (e.g. Lehman Econ-o-Power, 60 hp) for 30+ mph; any light 25–100 hp engine
Downloads
Plan sheets 14
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