Alloy boats hardly existed, and fibreglass was in its infancy. Petrol engines like the Ford 10, Watermota, based on a four-cyl Ford Prefect engine, Graymarine, 4cyl, 6cyl & V8s, Chrysler 6 cyl or Dodge V8s were widely used, as were small diesel engines from Penta, Morris, Graymarine and Universal.Īt that time, outboards were only low horsepower, around 25hp maximum and unsuitable to power the larger and heavier plywood trailer boats and small cruisers. They even designed and built the boats to put their gear into. They made everything from struts, rudders and shafts to props and fully marinised engines. By the mid-1950s, we started to see specialist marinisation companies in New Zealand, with Augustin, the market leader.
Trailer boats were in their infancy, and the outboard revolution had not yet started. Marinisation was a big business after WW2 as the recreational boating market started to take off. Interestingly, with very few exceptions, petrol inboard engines today are still marinised car engines. In the early years of pleasure boating, a converted car engine offered enough horsepower to move even midsize runabouts. A separate rudder steers the boat.Īt one time, almost any trailer boat in the 5m to 8m range had inboard power. A petrol or diesel engine is located within the boat, and power is transferred to the propeller by a shaft that passes through the bottom of the hull. Inboard power is the classic, original marine propulsion system.
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