The three year project to build the Barrelback 19 runabout 'Fly Boy' by J. Peerless in Nova Scotia, Canada. (PART 1 of 3). Kevin MacLeod music: incompetech.com
Your boat looks great. It took me six years to build mine (launch of grey falcon). Now I have to sell it but need some drone footage for the advertising. Well done, I hope you enjoy many happy days on the water.
Jim--such a wonderful video of your Barrelback build. This may sound silly, but the boat turning section brought tears to my eyes! Beautiful work on your boat build.
Thank you Gayle and Glen-L. I have received some gratifying comments about this build and yours are especially so. Our boating season in Nova Scotia is too quickly coming to an end but I have taken the boat many places this summer and it now has a total of about 15 hours of engine time accumulated. It certainly attracts immediate interest at boating docks or while travelling on the trailer. There are not many like it in this part of the world. No issues with the hull or systems to date. Jim.
Good job mates. As Kids me dad brother and I had our wood runabout turned over so we could glass the lower half for speed. My dad sold steel for a living so nearby was a plant he sold steel to .They flipped over the all wood 19 'runabout which was easy to do.I wonder after seeing this demo if this way ever crossed his mind. Albeit ours was alot heavier I bet we could have used this ingenious method.ps: We picked up 10mph, made the endeavor well worth it in 1969!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I get folks want classic, but have to think you would get better response and need less Engine if you incorporated hydrodrive instead of prop drive. Propulsion and steering all in one.
Thanks for your comment, Chris. If by, 'hydro-drive' you mean jet drive, I did consider that. The information that I had at time of building is that this particular hull design, which is very flat at the aft end, is not suitable for jet drive. There is a high risk that the unit would cavitate and quickly damage the jet drive. For this reason, although I would have liked to eliminate the problem of possibly hitting the prop on something and enjoyed better steering, I decided not to go for the jet drive. Jim.
@@triplesevenist thanks for the reply! I have plans but you know best laid plans of mouse and man... lol Nice build though, I love that Barrel back design and yes your right would take a bit of thought to incorporate. I'm hoping to undertake a build, If I can I'll send you a link or two.
