This 34" fibreglass hulled Swordsman was originally built as a diesel powered boat but had been damaged requiring a new cabin/cockpit installation. Whilst refinishing the boat I realigned the propshaft for higher efficiency.

The drive system for the new build is a water cooled Graupner 700 turbo 9.6 volt motor driving the realigned propshaft and a plastic 35 SR Two bladed carbon reinforced propellor. The batteries are either 2 x 6 cell (14.4V NiMH ) or 14.4V Lipo 5000 mAh. The later being faster and of course more expensive.

This boat is now a very fast sports cruiser that can be used "with care" in all but the worst wind/water conditions, as it tends to be destabilised by strong cross winds when in a turn. But isn't that the fun and reasoning behind building fast boats.