Nicely done!

Keep in mind running aground or even running in shallow water could stir up sand, sediment, and other crud that could do some damage to special bearings.

If you have a propeller and are unsure of it's direction of rotation, the side of the blade further away from you is the direction. For eexample, if it is a right-handed propeller the right side of the blade will be further away from you than the left.

Mike Rometer wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:11 pm

Would I be wrong to suggest that as it seems to have no revrsing gear, it is more likely to be a workshop engine than a launch engine.

It appears that the inner, smaller diameter, flywheel is a handwheel for the slip-eccentric reversing gear.

That's a good looking engine. What type of reversing gear are you going to fit it out with?

Thanks!!!

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