Lloyd, maybe we should hook up the tugs and tow our homes to the high ground, AWAY ALL BOATS, IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!

Haljmac, I didn't consider the 700bb's like Lloyd used. I would think those in a direct drive would work ok for you. I do know there are other people on this site that know a lot more and could probably help you out more on power suggestions. Most of my experience is with scale chris-craft's using single motor direct drives. My big tug was powered with the suggestions from Dumas, which worked very well. That's using the dumas 12v's and their gear drives. One of my chris craft's uses a 700bb direct drive, it's 36" long and moves out really well and a very scale looking speed. I would think a pair of these would do you just fine. Since Lloyd has a couple of these boats I think I would bow to his opinion and go with the 700's. You will probably find somebody who will suggest something different. Before you know it you will have so many suggestions you won't know which one to use. I know that happened with my destroyer. It's good to have all those suggestions, it gives you a lot to work with. Thats the beauty of this site, you can get all kind of information and make some friends at the same time.

Tim