Vlog 340: Monster Fun
Join me as I take a wonderful trip on a wonderful, tiny, hand-made boat along the Leeds & Liverpool canal. Created by engineer Jonny Bowker, “Nessie” is an absolute beauty.
Originally a rowing boat on Loch Ness in Scotland, the hull had decayed to a very poor state with missing transom, holes in the bottom and gaps in the bow woodwork. The remaining wood had been covered in fence paint!
Jonny spent months restoring the fibreglass and wood at his engineering workshop then added a tiny Kubota petrol motor, steering gear, instruments and seats to create a glorious day boat reminiscent of years gone by which looks to all the world as if it’s a steam launch (helped by a ‘steam’ generator hidden inside the exhaust funnel)
See my prior “Rivets 5000” video by clicking here.
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Hello, just started watching your show on Prime (i’m across the pond in the USA) and found you vlog on youtube. love the show btw. question: on the monster fun episode, what kept the air cooled petrol engine from overheating?
Hi, thanks for tuning in! The Prime Seasons are roughly equal to the first five years or so here on YouTube and everything from 2020 onwards is YT only (the crossover point is vlog 201 here, just for your reference).
As for the engine, there is a fan drawing air over the engine to cool it, if I remember rightly.