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Show so that it could be set at ( 171 I-11 I11 ) an angle with the boat , or straight down , and when the motor hit sand bars it could be lifted off . 1925 . - ( M . R . , p . 76 : ) Moab Garage Company ( Virgil Baldwin Abs . R . , Vol . 1 , p . 308 ) constructed a boat about 75 feet long , 14 or 15 feet wide , sides being ( 3-inch 3inch ) planks , and the bottom double planked . At first it had a square end front ; afterwards a pointed bow was put on . It was first equipped with an automobile ( engine eDgine ) and then later with a Waukesha motor and anew paddle wheel . The boat drew about 18 inches of water light ; when loaded it would possibly draw 21 inches . ( M . R . p . 77 , Virgil Baldwin , Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 307 : ) Operated a boat about 27 feet long , 5 feet wide , drew 10 inches of water with ordinary load . Powered with 6 cylinder automobile en0ne , with 1515 ( pro- pro ) peller . This was used for light work and some ( pas- pas ) sengers were carried ( ( M IM ) . R . p . 77 , Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 307 , Virgil Baldwin ) . The other boat was powered with a Ford motor , about 20 feet long , probably 4 feet wide , drawing possibly 6 or 8 inches of water . Equipped with a ( 14-inch 14inch ) propeller , with guard , making a ( 16-inch 16inch ) total draft . Prior to 1925 Baldwin had no experience operating boats on the Colorado River , except a trip or two with the Evinrude boat , when he went down the river on a hunting trip , but did not have much pleasure , because of difficulty in getting any place while in the boat . Would get stuck on a bar . If the propeller would happen to hit a rock or anything , it would shear off a pin |