1986 Arcadian

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Arcadian

1986

 

U-86

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Mike Krone

 

2019-20

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Mike Krone

 

Wood, foam, recycled shower wall skin

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3226 1600

 

Castle 240

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Graupner 45

 

Orange

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Hand cut vinyl

 

Tower Hobbies System 2.4

The model:  Mike likes to build boats that were not seen in Seattle. The Arcadian is one of those boats. They are a challenge as they don't normally have plans to build from. Mike uses pictures and a few known dimensions to work out the design. Half of the fun is in the design and building of the boats. Mike has designed and built other unique boats, like the '69 Golden Komotion, '67 The Dutchman, and the 76 Miss O'Neil and Knudsen.

The real boat:  This boat was powered by 8 Mercury power heads, so the added a lot of potential problems. You can read all about this boat in chapter 25 of Doug Ford's book, "What Were They Thinking?".