Anybody recognize this outboard ?

[retiredoz]

The boat was a common sight in my youth, typically a home-built clinker set up for two rowing stations (maybe 13-14-ft). The motor is supposed to be a 2-or 3-hp Typhoon, curious who might have produced it

Not in Hunn’s book. Picture is probably from the ’50s

[PugetSoundBoater]

I don’t know about the motor, but i sure like the oarlocks. Nice photo.
If he has a motor, why is he rowing?

"Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
Robbie Robertson

[retiredoz]

People of my generation didn’t have outboards. Maybe he forgot he had it ?

[rapier]

It has an air-cooled look about it, open cowl and typical recoil, so possibly a JAP based motor. I’ll have a look through my archives & a local collector may have more gen.

[kees]

quote retiredoz:

The boat was a common sight in my youth, typically a home-built clinker set up for two rowing stations (maybe 13-14-ft). The motor is supposed to be a 2-or 3-hp Typhoon, curious who might have produced it Not in Hunn’s book. Picture is probably from the ’50s

My first thought was ;
An "Aldell" from Sweden
but it makes more sense if you tell us where this picture was taken .
then you can skip a couple brands or countries and concentrate more on local brands.
.

[Buccaneer]

Don’t know what outboard that it, but pretty sure
that’s a downrigger on the side of the boat for
catching the "Loch Ness Monster".
Neat photo.

Prepare to be boarded!

[amuller]

quote PugetSoundBoater:

I don’t know about the motor, but i sure like the oarlocks. Nice photo.
If he has a motor, why is he rowing?

Thole pins, not oarlocks.

[PugetSoundBoater]

I googled thole pins and learned quite a bit. Thanks

"Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
Robbie Robertson

[chris-p]

Quite certain the motor is not North American.

[retiredoz]

Buc, that reel doesn’t look familiar to me either, but note the absence of fishing poles. In those days, handlining was the thing, and that reel was probably there to retrieve whatever bit. This wasn’t sportfishing, in the good ol’ days you and your kin could go hungry if you didn’t catch anything..

The picture is from northern Norway (about 70 degrees N) in the neighborhood where my father grew up. Bunch of islands in the North/Arctic Sea..

And Kees, I too suspect it might be Swedish (perish the thought), but I would have expected it to be called something else. ‘Typhoon’ sounds Asian to me…

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