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The Waterman outboard engine appears to be the first real gasoline-powered outboard offered for sale. Developed by Cameron Waterman, a young Yale Engineering student, it was developed from 1903, with a patent application filed in 1905. Starting in 1906, the company went on to make thousands of his “Porto-Motor” units, claiming 25,000 sales by 1914. The inboard boat motor firm of Caille Motor Company of Detroit were instrumental in making the cylinder and engines. Arrow Motor & Machine Co. purchased Waterman in 1917.
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History
Cameron B. Waterman with his prototype outboard motor.
The Original Outboard Motor By Bob Zipps
A few months ago while I was at an antique show, I was going by a booth which had a pile of old magazines on the table. The magazine on top of the pile caught my eye because there was a picture of a horizontal cylinder Waterman on the back cover. It was actually a full page ad for Waterman. The picture is in full color and shows two fishermen motoring home in a rowboat after a fine days fishing. I picked up the magazine and studied the ad, and then turned the magazine over to see what the name of the publication was. To my surprise, the same photo that was on the back cover was also on the front cover. The name of the magazine is the “National Sportsman” and it stated that it was the “Special Boating Issue.” The date is April, 1916. I thumbed through the magazine and it had a lot of great ads, but the real surprise was an article titled “A Few Words About The Original Outboard Motor”. I looked to see who the author was, and it was a real shocker. The article was written by C.B. Waterman. Needless to say I bought the issue. What a stroke of luck that this particular issue would be on top of a pile of magazines that I never would have gone through. Here is that article.
Front cover of the April 1916 issue of the National Sportsman.
Note that it is the Special Boating Issue.
“The first germ of the portable marine motor idea came to me in the year 1903 while I was a law student at New Haven. That was the year when motor-cycles first came out, and I was among the first to procure one. After the fashion of those early vehicles, my motor-cycle refused to work properly one day, so I lugged it up to my room to examine it and discovered the cause of the trouble.
While taking it apart and overhauling it, the idea occurred to me that such a motor might possibly be used on my rowboat when I went on fishing trips. Every summer I spent a part of my vacation at Spruce Harbor on the north shore of Lake Superior, and from there I had a very strenuous row of about five miles to my favorite fishing grounds. It seemed to me that if this motor would run a bicycle, a similar motor could be rigged up with a propeller and rudder to run my rowboat.
For the next three years or so, I experimented during every spare moment with this idea. My friends laughed at my tinkerings. The scheme seemed utterly ridiculous to them. But I kept working against what they considered insurmountable odds, and I admit it was not such a simple scheme as your might imagine nowadays. At that time internal combustion engines of any kind were still very crude affairs – they were far from being in their present highly developed state. But I was positive that I had a practical idea. So I persevered, and after continual experimenting and countless disappointments my dream became a reality. My motor worked.
One bright summer day in the year 1906 my father and I took the first trip in our good old rowboat operated by the very first portable outboard motor, towing behind us another boat carrying the members of the party. We made the five mile trip in about 35 minutes, breaking all rowboat records.
That same year, realizing that my idea was practical, we started a factory and began putting the Waterman Porto Motor on the market. Of course, it was heralded with a great deal of skepticism at first. Engine-makers, in particular, looked upon this new invention as a mere “joke.” The first four of five years were filled with hardships. Manufacturing difficulties had to be faced and fought, the public had to be educated to the value and usefulness of this new device, the ridicule of doubters had to be overcome. But each year, the sales came in bigger and bigger, each year the motor itself was improved and perfected, each year prospects looked brighter and more encouraging.
Engine-makers now began to realize the actual value of the portable motor – the need for it – the big demand – the vast possibilities. A host of competitors sprang up overnight, as it were. But the Waterman Porto had had a five years start – five years in which to test the motor in actual use, not merely in laboratories – five years to find out just how to meet every possible contingency – five years in which to perfect every detail.
From the first I have been satisfied only with the very best, never subordinating quality for profits. I have built my motor to give real service at all times, under any conditions and in any environment, and it still stands as the motor that lasts a lifetime. Then, too, it has always been my firm policy to keep abreast with the latest advances in engineering science, and I have never hesitated to adopt new improvements from automobile and aeroplane motor designs. As a result, the Waterman Porto still continues at the very top in the field of portable marine motors.”
This article substantiates my previous conclusion that the Waterman Outboard Motor was in production in 1906. Previously, 1907 was thought to be when Waterman went into production, but now it is known that 1907 was the first full year of production.
One thing that bothered me about the Waterman article was the mention of a rudder in the last sentence of the second paragraph. Waterman wrote, “It seemed to me that if this motor would run a bicycle, a similar motor could be rigged up with a propeller and rudder, and used to run my rowboat.” Of course, Waterman’s first motor did not have a rudder. The Waterman Outboards that were being made at the time the article was written had a rudder. It gives you the impression that Waterman really didn’t write this article. Other alternatives are that, Waterman my have not recalled the details correctly, or that the term rudder was being used loosely. Researching the latter alternative, I checked the 1907 Waterman Catalog and it says, “Also note Starting Crank and Bottom Clamp in which the motor pivots, allowing Motor to swing from side to side, forming his own rudder.” It is possible that when Waterman was dreaming up his motor, he considered his whole motor the rudder. It certainly has a tiller like a sail boat rudder and it pivots and is supported like a sailboat rudder. I have to believe that is what Waterman meant in his article. See you in the next issue of the Antique Outboarder.
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| ENGINE FAMILY | CYL | BORE | STROKE | BORE | STROKE | DISPLACEMENT |
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| Porto | H-1-P? | ?mm | ?mm | ?in | ?in | ?L / ?ci |
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| Porto | H-2-P? | ?mm | ?mm | 2.25in | 2.5in | ?L / ?ci |
| MODEL | ASP | KW | HP | MHP | @RPM | YEARS MFR'D |
| 2 cyl | NA | ? | 4 | ? | 1000 | 190?~1917? |
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| 16.02 – ^ Gasolene Engines: Their Operation‚ Use and Care — Alpheus Hyatt Verrill | B |
| 16.02 – ^ Goin' Fishin' — Carroll Blaine Cook | B |
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| 16.02 – ^ Motor Boats - Construction and Operation — Thomas Herbert Russell | B |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Outboard Motors: Its Advantages — American Angler 1920 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
| 16.03 – ^ American Exporter Magazine | M |
| 16.03 – ^ ^ Portable Marine Motors — American Exporter 1914 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Growing Popularity of Outboard Motors — American Exporter 1922 Vol 91 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
| 16.03 – ^ American Machinist Magazine | M |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Manufacture of Carburaters — American Machinist 1912 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
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| 16.03 – ^ Forest and Stream Magazine | M |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ Spinaway Rowboat Motors — Hardware Dealers… 1915 – CailleOutboards.com | MA5 |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Phenomenal Growth of the Outboard Motor (Issue) — Motor Boating May 1916 – CailleOutboards.com | MA4 |
| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Spinaway Outboard Motor — Motor Boating Feb 10 1922 – CailleOutboards.com | MA7 |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ Popularity of the Portable Motor — Open Exhaust 1915 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ And Yet The Motor Worked… — Outing 1915 Vol 66 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ The Dinky Donkey Engine — Recreation 1916 Vol 54 – CailleOutboards.com | MA |
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| 16.03 – ^ ^ Detachable Motors: Development of a Useful Type of Auxiliary Power Plant — The Rudder 1915 – CailleOutboards.com | MA2 |
| 16.03 – ^ Yachting Magazine | M |
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- EXAMPLE: 02.06.08.01 – ^ ^ Ford 2715E Diesel Engine.
- EXAMPLE: 02.06.08.01 – ^ ^ Ford OpManual - 2710 Range Diesel Engines.
- EXAMPLE: 02.06.08.01 – ^ ^ Ford Service Manual - 2700 & 2710 Range Diesel Engines.
Clickable Links that lead to other webpages appear in Blue Text and usually open in a new window.
Links in the Right Sidebar and most directories open in the current window, not a new window.
Note in the examples above that these pages form a natural hierarchy.
The unnumbered "^" pages are listed alphabetically in most tables.
Media Titles in tables are distinguished by their smaller font size.
Media (Books, Magazines, Videos, Articles,+) are treated as Products.
Vendors' Product Documentation (pDoc) are considered Media.
Destinations & Media Creators are treated as Vendors.
All Website Pages are optimized for viewing on
full-width disktop computer monitors,
but can be viewed on phones.
— Contents of Webpages —
Website Pages typically contain the following Sections:
- PATH (Shows the chain of EAB pages w/links that lead to the page being viewed).
- EXAMPLE:
PATH: HOME, WEBSITE INDEX, WEBSITE CONTENTS » ∨
∧ BOAT BUILDING & REPAIR » Boat Equipment » Propulsion » Engines » ∨∨
∧∧ Ford, Ebro, American Diesel, AmMarine, Barr, Beta, Bomac, Bowman, Couach,
Lees, Lehman, Mermaid, Parsons, Renault, Sabre, Thornycroft, Wortham Blake »
∧ DO-IT-YOURSELF » DIY Boat Building & Repair » DIY Schools & Classes »
∧ MEDIA w/Creator Directory » Documentation, Books, Magazines, Videos, Websites » - (The "»" right pointing Guillemet symbol shows the chain through the page links.)
- (The "," comma between page links in the chain indicates pages are not subordinate, but are instead at the same level. See engine brands in the example above.)
- (The "∨", "∨∨", "∨∨∨",+ symbols indicate that the path line continues with whatever follows the "∧", "∧∧", "∧∧∧",+ symbols respectively. "∧" Precedes each MAIN TOPIC Page.)
- EXAMPLE:
- PAGE CONTENTS (Table of Contents with links to each main section on the page).
- PAGE BODY (The type of page determines the contents of its body as follows:).
- TOPIC PAGES (Topic Treatment: Introduction, Overview, Background, Details,+).
- (Many Topic Pages contain Directories of Vendors with Links).
- (Most Directory Listings are Alphabetical and/or by Locale).
- VENDOR PAGES (Vendor's Profile, Contact Information, Products, Services,+).
- (Manufacturers, Resellers, Refitters, Yards, Surveyors, Clubs, Schools, Authors,+).
- (Boating & Travel Destinations are treated as Vendors on their own Vendor Pages).
- PRODUCT PAGES (Product Features, Vendor Links, Specifications, Documentation,+).
- (Media created by a vendor is often treated as a Product on its own Product Page).
- (Boating & Travel Events are often treated as Products on their own Product Pages).
- TOPIC PAGES (Topic Treatment: Introduction, Overview, Background, Details,+).
- RELATED RESOURCES (Topics, Vendors, Products, Media: Books, Websites,+ with Links).
- PAGE TAIL Contains the following Anchors Aweigh Academy & EAB Website Features:
- The Anchors Aweigh Academy's EverythingAboutBoats.org Header.
- A link to our Featured Articles EAB Home Page.
- Top 20 Most Popular Articles. (The section that appears right above ⇑ this section).
- Layout of the EverythingAboutBoats.org Website's Pages. (This very section ⇐).
- Topics of Webpages. (The very next section below ⇓).
- What we have accomplished so far.
- Members must Sign-In to gain full access to Expanded Pages & Programs.
- Sign-Up (if not already a member).
- Public Comments (about the website & about this page).
- RIGHT SIDEBAR (Website Contents menu with links to Main Topic & Subtopic pages).
(On some smart phones, the Right Sidebar may appear at the bottom of the webpage)
— Topics of Webpages —
Website Pages are categorized under the following 16 MAIN TOPICS:
The MAIN TOPICS follow a natural progression from conception of the vessel thru its
building, marketing, survey, financing, insuring, transport, moorage, use and upkeep.
The MAIN TOPICS (all Caps) below are followed by their Main Subtopics with Links.
00 – HOME: CONTENTS, ABOUT EAB: Contact EAB, Abbreviations & Symbols, FAQ, GLOSSARY, ADs,+.
01 – ABOUT BOATS w/Museum Directory: Early History, Recent History, Modern Vessel Types,+.
02 – BOAT BUILDING, OUTFITTING, REFITTING & REPAIR: Materials, Equipment, Builders,+.
03 – BOAT MARKETING: Boat Shows, Dealers & Brokers, Importing & Exporting, Auctions & Sales,+.
04 – BOAT INSPECTION: Types of Marine Surveys, Marine Surveyors, Schools, DIY Inspections,+.
05 – BOAT TITLES & VESSEL REGISTRY: Boat Title & Registration, Vessel Registry, Title Co's,+.
06 – BOAT FINANCING: Conventional (Banks, Credit Unions,+), Unconventional (Creative),+.
07 – BOAT INSURANCE: Maritime & Recreational: Coverage, Carriers, Agents,+., Claim Processing,+.
08 – BOAT TRANSPORT: By Sea (Piggyback, Delivery Skippers & Crews, & Towing), Over-Land,+.
09 – BOAT HAULING & LAUNCHING: Drydocks, Ways, Lifts, Cranes & Hoists, Launch Ramps,+.
10 – BOAT MOORAGE & STORAGE: Builders, Anchorages, Marinas, Yards, Racks & Stacks,+.
11 – BOATING ORGANIZATIONS: Yacht Clubs & Sailing Clubs, Paddling Clubs, Boat Owners,+.
12 – BOATING & TRAVEL: Events, Destinations, Boat Rentals & Charters, Cruises, Voyages,+.
13 – BOATING & MARITIME EDUCATION: Recreational Seamanship, Ship's Master & Crew,+.
14 – MARINE LAWS & REGULATIONS: International & National Laws‚ Lawyers‚ Investigators‚+.
15 – DO-IT-YOURSELF: DIY Boat Building & Repair, DIY Boat Sales, DIY Boat Surveys, DIY Classes,+.
16 – MEDIA w/Creator Directory + Academy eLibrary: pDocs, Books, Magazines, Videos, Websites,+.
The above MAIN TOPICS and a more detailed listing of Subtopics
can be found on the Website Contents page and on the Right Sidebar.
An Alphabetical Index of the website can be accessed at Website Index.
What we have accomplished so far.
Anchors Aweigh Academy and its EverythingAboutBoats.org website.
- Published over 50,000 website pages about boats and boating, bringing us closer to reaching our goal of becoming "The ultimate reference resource about boats and ships for everyone from the beginning recreational boater to the seasoned professional mariner!"
- Published over 300 website main topic webpages, many with full articles on the topic. See our Website Contents or the Right Sidebar for the listing of the main topic pages.
- Published over 9,000 marine vendor webpages, all with their contact information, most with a description of their products and services, many with product documentation, specifications and independent reviews. (incl.: Boat designers, boat building tools, material and equipment manufacturers and suppliers, boat builders and dealers, yacht brokers, marine surveyors, boat insurers, boat transporters, skippers and crews, boatyards and marinas, yacht clubs, boat rentals and yacht charters, boating, seamanship and maritime schools, marine law attorneys and expert witnesses, boat refitters and repairers, book authors, magazine publishers, video producers, and website creators)
- Acquired over 120,000 pages of product documentation including Catalogs, Brochures, SpecSheets, Pictures, Serial Number Guides, Installation Manuals, OpManuals, Parts Catalogs, Parts Bulletins, Shop Manuals, Wiring Diagrams, Service Bulletins, and Recalls. And have made all viewable to Academy Members through our EAB website eLibrary.
- Acquired over 1,200 books and magazine back issues in our academy library and so far have made over 700 viewable to Academy Members through our EAB website eLibrary.
- Published over 500 DIY How-To articles about boat design, construction, inspection, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair. We are working hard to do more.
We are currently formatting and polishing the Anchors Aweigh Academy online and hands-on courses. Our Marine Surveying course has proven to be excellent for both the beginner and the seasoned surveyor, and especially helpful to the Do-It-Yourselfer.
Current Academy Members must SIGN IN to gain FULL access to this
website including expanded pages and valuable Academy programs
like our Academy eLibrary and our Ask-An-Expert Program!
If your membership has expired, CLICK HERE to Renew.
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General Comments About the Website
FROM Donald: "This is an awesome website. I found the information that I needed right away from one of the over 20,000 free articles that you provide as a public service. I'm surprised that so much if this site is free. But I still signed up so I could access the thousands of expanded pages, interesting articles, and dozens of valuable programs! The member's library of books, magazines and videos that I can view online is really terrific! I understand that you and your staff are all unpaid volunteers. Please keep up the good work. And I commend you for your plans to add another 10,000 free informative articles over the next year. I'm thrilled to support you in this endeavor with my small membership donation. Thanks again for all your hard work."
FROM Huey: "I agree with my Uncle, I too have found the articles to be very enlightening. They say that it will take about 100,000 articles to cover the full scope that they have envisioned for the website. They have over 20,000 articles so far and that's doing pretty well, but it could take several years to get the rest. I also noticed that many of the Main Topic Pages and some of the article pages are still in the rough draft stage. I guess that they will fill in as they can get volunteers to work on them. But what I can't figure out is why anyone would spend the time writing informative in depth articles just to give away free to this website for publication? What's in it for them?"
FROM Dewey: "Well Huey, to me It looks like most of the articles on this website are written by very informed people, like boating instructors, boat designers, boat builders, riggers, electricians, fitters, marine repair technicians and marine surveyors. Writing such articles helps establish them as knowledgeable professionals. After all, this website was originally created by a school for marine technicians and marine surveyors. The website is growing in content every day. They even had to move to a bigger, more powerful server because the website's traffic has been growing exponentially."
FROM Louie: "I agree with everyone above. This site is quickly becoming the ultimate reference resource about every aspect of boats and ships for everyone from the beginning recreational boater to the seasoned professional mariner. I use the topic pages on the right sidebar to browse around the website. It's like a Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook for Boaters. Their Members' Library of over 300 popular and obscure books and over 200 magazine back issues that can be viewed online is fabulous. The Academy's magazine is especially informative. On top of that, there is the "Ask-An-Expert program for members where you can get an expert's answer to any of your boat questions. And a whole years membership is only $25. What a deal! I really love being part of this "Everything About Boats" community and help provide thousands of helpful articles free to the public. I think that I'll sit down right now and write an article about my experiences boating with my uncle."
FROM Scrooge: "You rave about this website like it was the best thing since sliced bread. Well, I think it stinks. Sure, it has a lot of good information for boaters, and they're adding more every day, but it will probably never be finished. Furthermore, I don't even own a boat. And I wouldn't have a boat even if someone gave me one. Boats are a waste of money and time and energy and money! They're just a hole in the water you pour money into. If you gave me a boat, I'd sell it quicker then you could say Baggywrinkle. Then I'd lock up the cash with all my other money so I could keep my eye on it and count it every day. Bah humbug."
FROM Daisy: "I'm just so glad that Donald got the boat so we and the boys could enjoy boating — together. And of course all of the girls, April, May, and June, love to be on the water too, especially when that is where the boys are. Oh poor Scrooge, boating is more fun then you could possibly imagine."
FROM Scrooge: "After seeing how much fun you all have on the water together, I regret that I didn't have that much fun when I was young. I've had a change of heart, and I'm giving each of you a Lifetime Academy Membership."
FROM Editor: "For those of you that have stayed with us this far, many thanks, and we hope that you found this little narrative informative. Your faithful support inspires us to keep working on this phenomenal website. We know that we have a lot more to do. Ultimately, we hope that we can help you enjoy the wonder filled world of boating as much as we do. We are all waiting to see what you have to say about this webpage article. Submit any comments via email To: Comments♥EverythingAboutBoats.org (Replace "♥" with "@"). Be sure to include this page's title in the subject line. Also, your corrections, updates, additions and suggestions are welcomed. Please submit them via email To: Editor♥EverythingAboutBoats.org (Replace "♥" with "@"). It has been truly amazing to see what we have been able to accomplished when we've worked together. Thanks to all those that have donated their valuable time and energy, and a special THANK YOU to all that have supported this cause with their membership donations."
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