Albin made similar engines, but this engine is an Olympia. Albin was manufactured in Sweden, and Olympia was manufactured in a Swedish speaking region of Finland.
Wonderful old engine, i bet its been running for years and years like that and i was quite surprised to see how fast it pushes along, i presume that its seawater cooled so little chance of it overheating, really made to,last. Great video.
Wow thanks for sharing. I think the boat and motor are beautiful together and have been made aware of these old motors now and have my eyes and ears open along the New England coast for something even to restore to running. Would love to find something with a sail maybe a knockdown?
=) not a Chrysler! It stopped that time just because I forgot to turn on the fuel valve =) I can't say it's the most reliable engine at low revs, but I'm usually able to keep it running. It often needs some adjustments on the fuel mix knob depending on temperature of the engine and engine speed/load and so on. So if I have leaned it out when out to sea to prevent soot/carbon buildup, I usually have to set it a bit richer to prevent it from stalling when slowing down near the dock. Another thing is the valve for the water cooling of the exhausts. If I leave the water valve open at low revs it will eventually push water into the cylinder and stall the engine due to a drop of water bridging the spark plug gap. =)
No if I release the rudder the boat will turn to starboard because of spin of the propeller. But by leaning the boat to starboard, I am able to balance that force. So that's what I'm doing in the video when I'm walking to the middle of the boat. I think this effect happens because the tiller is long and heavy, so when I'm leaning to starboard, gravity pulls the tiller to starboard, which creates enough force to keep her straight. =)
