Buzz
A lightweight, car-toppable outboard runabout
- Category
- Outboard Runabouts
- Designer
- William D. Jackson
- Published
- Boat Builder's Handbook, Volume 8, 1958, p. 29
- Craft Print
- 32
A versatile planing outboard runabout that seats four and planes a remarkable load on just 5 to 10 hp, equaling boats with twice the power. It turns easily at wide-open speeds and is light enough to car-top. The same building form can be reused to make any number of copies.
Specifications
- Length
- 11 ft 1 in
- Beam
- 55 in
- Depth
- 22 in forward
- Weight
- 135 lb complete
- Capacity
- 4 persons (smooth water), 2 (rough)
- Construction
- 1/4 in. plywood over a longitudinally stressed frame; convex bottom
- Power
- 5–10 hp outboard
Downloads
Plan sheets 4
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