oldest outboard jet in existence, 2nd built

[riverbud55]

came across this on meanchicken https://meanchicken.net/webmain/forum/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=15995&start=160,,,,, starts 3rd post down ,,, good read on the history of the outboard jet and Wooldridge boats by Glen Wooldridge

 

[duckfish]

Interesting read! Love the old super 8 clips. Never heard of meanchicken before. Will definitely be wasting lotsa time checking that site out.

 

[CedarRiverScooter]

I read both but like Tinboats better!

 

[Stumpalump]

That was great! Alloy boat forum has a nice thread on the history of Woodridge boats.
https://aluminumalloyboats.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5698

 

[riverbud55]

That was great! Alloy boat forum has a nice thread on the history of Woodridge boats.
https://aluminumalloyboats.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5698

read them all but tinboat is best by far ,,,,,,, like jeep wrote the book on 4 wheel drive Wooldridge wrote the book on the OutBoardJet ,,, a great video of a modern day Wooldridge Alaskan shows what a well made tin can really do and how his boat was hand built for him,, this boat has been made basically from begining of the OBJ, a 17'er W/a .125 ga. hull,,,,, video from a very happy customer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpduQSVgt64
got to be careful read n to much of them other sites or the garage could start looking like this :?