Imagine the amount of profanity that motor has absorbed in the last 106 years.

As I get older, I realize that history was not that long ago.

At the low speed it sure had a nice sound. Thank you for keeping this motor working and sharing it working with us.

Seeing the old boat and motor, reminds me of my grandfather... spent more time fiddling with the old Johnson 3 hp engine to keep it running than actually fishing or enjoying the time out on the water. Although, he was probably enjoying the tinkering with the motor too

This reminds me of my father netting white fish in late fall on Minnesota lake Koronis. Stearns county. Salting down the fish in red wing crocks. Smoking the fish in winter. Pure enjoyment. Eating the white fish all winter. My old man was a Scandinavian American. He taught me how to live of the land. Farming, fishing, hunting, trapping. It's a viking heritage.

That's an an absolute beauty! And such a great choice of music, really evokes the era. No more melted ice cream...

A cool motor on a wooden boat, doesn't get any better than that!

Had the pleasure of meeting Ollie Evinrude and his wife (Francis Langford, the actress) oh his motor yacht while we were docked at Mackinac Island, back in the early 70's. He had a railing on the upper deck of his boat with every model of motor Evinrude made mounted on it. Nice couple, very welcoming to my wife and I, as they led on us on a tour of their boat.

Olie would be proud that you brought that motor back to life

A thing of utter beauty, thank you for sharing.

The boat and outboard both are absolutely beautiful. I can appreciate the TIME & money it must've taken to refurbish both. An absolute treat! Thank you for the upload. 🙏🏻

Thank you for a very relaxing video

Love the period music to the beat of the motor.

Great work on this engine. Thumbs-up from the U.S. This would have been an expensive "toy" in 1914.

I live in RI. and I have a Cup made of silver that went to the winner of a Wakefield Yacht Club 1912 Motor Boat Handicap. I bought at an estate sale years ago. I now appreciate what the winner went through to win that cup way back in 1912. I just gave it to my sister and Brother-in-law as a gift for congratulating them on their purchase of a 2021 Azimut 60' Flybridge. Boating has come a long way.

Thats a beautiful old engine, I can see that you have done a world of work to it in getting to where it is now! I grew up on a lake in MN and found a couple old Brass Era outboards if I remember right they were both Evinrude/Johnson and had been in garages and not seen the light of day for 40 plus years, I was in 8 th grade or thereabouts and I was so enthralled at the beauty of these engines I just had to take a crack at getting them running again, the owner kind of looked at me like I was crazy but said go ahead! I remember pulling the flywheel and points, plug and replacing crappy wires where possible then pulling the carb being so careful with every gasket there was (I got lucky) and didnt destroy any when taking it apart my Dad told me to soak the gaskets in something to soften them up because I had to use them again or I would be remaking them. Well tore the carb completely down and just a very good cleaning and making sure all the jets were open and flowed air. Cleaned the fuel line and the tank put everything back together, I remember checking for spark on the plug and I felt like a million bucks seeing it flash. Then it was make sure everything was back together, turned the fuel on and checked the carb again for leaks etc. and that darned engine started on the 3rd pull of the rope, VICTORY!! I then mounted it on my 12' aluminum flat bottom and drove it for a couple hours on the lake and after about 20 minutes it was running like brand new. I drove it over to the owners dock and took him out for a ride, he had never heard it run before and was amazed at how well it ran! I gave him the engine back and rowed my boat home. The sad part of a truly great story is I am pretty sure that beautiful old engine went back into the garage and I am sure it never ran again. The second engine I did that summer was almost exactly the same story and it ran just as well as the first one! I love working on these old engines and learn so much every time I have to chance to do so! With that being said you have done a beautiful job on your Waterman and you should be extremely PROUD to have brought it back into the living world again! THANKS for taking the time to do so!

I've just read some old stories of people boating before outboards 10 hours of rowing , this must of been a life changer

Love the boat and the motor. Always wondered how well those really old ones moved a boat not to mention sounded!

A true testament to how things used to be made over 100 years old and after some work still running very well done saving this beautiful piece of engineering

This dudes outfit the boat has to be christened “FREE CANDY”

We have one of the original Watreman motors here on Grosse Ile Michigan. It’s on display at our Historical Society building including the history about the man who lived here and was the actual inventor of that engine. No I can’t remember his actual name at this time but it’s all there, come visit. Lots of history here.

A lovely rebuild. Canadians are some of the nicest people on the planet. Thank you.

Man they had good video quality back in 1914

В 1914 году это было, наверное, чудо компактности и удобства

we have several of these motors at the club that i work at, Waterman was a member back around the earily 1900's

Can you imagine back in 1914 how jealous your friends were because you had one of those high-tech motors on your boat. How long it took to start it didn't mater because nothing was done in a hurry back then.

Holy cow! That thing has a priming cup like a hit-or-miss engine.

That is super cool!

Stunning . Thank you very much

There's some oldies around my area, but that is a good 10 years older than any I have seen.

Lucky to see it running well done. And not locked up in a museum but museum quality motor

A small groove for a starter rope would have been a game changer

A delight to see the old machine revived and working.

I just love all the nice metal they used looks like copper and bronze. What a beautiful machine.

These are the good old days...says the guy with the antique motor.

Very nice!

Excellent boat and motor!!!

Wow that is amazing! Nice motor/boat. I love the close attention paid to safety back in the day. Exposed flywheel? No worries! Just don't put your hand in it!!!

Beautiful work! Engine looks and runs great! A piece of history saved!

We had one of these motors. We bought it brand new in 1914. I was in college at the time and I'd take my girlfriend Gertrude water skiing. Good times.

great and very interesting video.........your very lucky having that littel motor and boat to goof around with.

What a beautiful machine!!!

Very very cool, thanks for sharing it with us.

I am impressed!

I’m really late to commenting, but this boat and motor are incredible! I’m in love lol😄👌 I would take an old boat & motor over a new one any day👍

that is awesome!

What a beautiful object. I imagine a fair bit of it was hand-built too. It's a lovely piece of history.

Very cool! Nice boat as well!

Very cool. Moves along quite well.

A lovely day on the water, spent mostly looking at the damn motor.

I remember seeing a Porto motor on a boat not nearly as nice as the one I'm looking at here. This was at Cherry Lake in Madison County, Florida in either 1938 or '39. The thing was old then. I'm old now. Glad to see another.

Even older than the Tom and Jerry outboards.😉

I'm all smiles with this

Very old and slow and the coolest damn ride on the lake!!!

i particularly like the 'pool table pocket' gunwale fenders

That’s a boat quite shiny. Good work there!

Ok now I seriously want one of these on my 77 Lido 14 sailboat, it’s the perfect little engine and it’s looks amazing, although there’s probably not too many around.

That is now two of my favorite machines named Waterman. The Waterman Porto rowboat motor, and the Waterman Aerobile “flying car”.

You know it's a great engine when there is a brass ball valve threaded into the cylinder where you slosh some gas in for "cold start enrichment" Greeting from Michigan. Nice polish on all the bits, too.

My gosh, this is so cool. Beautiful.

beautiful engine. Shiny metals of all colors. The control scheme is unconventional but it makes a certain intuitive sense. Pull right, go right. Like a horse or something.

That little engine actually sounds pretty good

Very cool; one wouldn't want to venture any farther than you cared to row. Sweet old boat, too!

Your motor is a work is a work art, the boat is a real gem also. Great video, thx!

Nice! Combination boat and massage chair.

"HI....I'm cantankerous. And I shake a lot too." Spectacular restoration. When it first started I was convinced it was a hit-n-miss engine, but that turns out to be mostly not true.

These old motors made great ornaments even for a livingroom in a house. Polish them up and they are beautiful mechanical devices to look at.

So cool. Beautiful job! Love how it chugs along.

When I was a kid growing up, we had a boat very similar to that one. The deck was a bit longer on the front and it was a bigger boat. It was made by Old Town Canoe, when they used to make boats. They were able to tell us the day it was started and finished (1917) and who worked on it from the serial number plate. It was adapted, at some point, with fiberglass pontoons(?) on the side that made it look like an inflatable, but the inside was absolutely beautiful. It was pretty much unsinkable with the add-ons and we fished out of it pretty much every weekend. How much have outboard engines changed in 100+ years, now they are V-8s and fuel injected.

AWESOME job on the rebild!!

One word awesome buddy absolutely awesome

14 seconds into this video and I'm wondering, "Why is this man dressed like a flasher?"

Very cool indeed. I was looking early on for the tiller handle then saw the control lines. Slick. Thanks for sharing...

That was fantastic! Thank you for saving it from the scrap pile! Very cool piece of history.

A real work of art.

That is a thing of beauty...thanks for sharing!

Very cool!

Beautiful 😍 Thank you!

Love seeing these restored engines running out on the water. Def makes me appreciate living in the present with our current technology though.

Nice work....Dandy!!

What a beautiful little engine. Well restored sir!

I bet that seemed like light speed in 1914 when there were few options beyond rowing!

What a beautiful set up!

Very nice old motor bud, thank you for sharing this 👍

Simply beautiful 🤩👍🏼

Great workmanship on the motor and a beautiful day on Bellwood lake as well 😃

Fantastic!

That thing runs like a champ. I love it.

the motor is like a jewelry item. And all the brass things on wood, this is still class. My grandpa was born in 1916...if you think it wasn't that long ago but at the same time this puts my age to scale and i know i am not young anymore but damn i don't feel old (i am 40 now) :) Thanks for sharing!

Very2 nice. I don't care how fast it goes but dam this is awesome

I appreciate the spark plug guard!

She's putting write along. Nice

Excellent

Beautiful Boat and Beautiful restored motor. If I had wanted to hear music instead of the sound of the motor, I would have turned a radio on.

Congratulations you own the boat version of Chitty,Chittenden Bang Bang! Love it.

Precious. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Brazil.

Excellent craftsmanship and beautiful restoration! Well done ✔

Amazing! I love old motors as a mech. eng. in today's power industry I don't get to see many so this is great!

Love the steering

Amazing fine job😃👍👀