1929 - The Secret of Success in Racing

 

Motor Boating Sep 1929

1930 - American Outboards in Europe

 

Alexander McNab of Connecticut

We had one of the McNab-Kitchen Rudders here on something once and I was struck by its look!
I didn't have a clue McNab was from Connecticut though.

Application filed April 7, 1922

To all whom it may concern, be it known that l, ALEXANDER MCNAB, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rudders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to ships rudders and has reference more particularly to that type wherein the impact and deflection of the water passing astern from the ships propeller and in contact with the rudder, is utilized in maneuvering the ship. ...

This next one is an improvement to the control linkage for the uses below.

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Below from Motor Boating, 1926

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http://outboardmuseum.ahlstrand-marine.com/antiquemotors/Lockwood-LA-Twin/lockwood-ash-3-la-twin-kitchen-rudder-antique-outboard-t-376.html# 

1914 - Seattle to Ketchikan with a Koban

Updated - 8/27/2019

Some time ago I came across this red rimmed photo and small article somewhere. 

I thought it was a really interesting voyage, and set to look for the magazine "story" I assumed would follow.  No such luck!!
Koban should have hired a ghost writer to create it for these guys if they weren't into writing!

Finally, I found something longer than 2 inches that seemed to fill out the story enough to post.  I still think there must be a story somewhere!

Jack kept saying,"I think I might have something in my files...", which doesn't help much, but keeps me hopeful.

I didn't find the date of their voyage, but the article in Gas Power was published in October of 1914.  I assume the voyage was that summer of 1914.

Koban was started in 1913, and the reference book, The American Rowboat Motor, mentions they started selling in 1914. 

This was a great publicity move.


Later:  Jack saw I was going to post this and went to his "vault" and found  almost the exact same article printed below,  BUT with certain interesting differences.

The article Jack has is a single sheet one might receive in the mail from the Koban company with some other literature.

One side is this article with two photos not included in the Hunter Trader Trapper publishing.   Also different is the use of the Koban name every time the HTT article just says outboard :-)  The sheet says it is a copy of an article from Pacific Motor Boat Magazine where the article also appeared with the only difference being in the next to last paragraph where they change the name of the magazine.

Photos under the article.

 

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This is in Seattle about 1915.  I just liked the photo...nothing to do with story.