Netsock wrote:
"trainfan1" wrote in message
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Cone-clutched I/O's (Bravo & Volvo types)can have Left or Right Props -
the vertical shaft changes L-to-R for reversing.

Rob


I know they *can* make them spin right-hand, as most dual drives are
counter-rotating. My query was there ever any i/o manufacture that used ccw
engines.

Of course, I probably wasn't clear to begin with...

Later.

Here is your confusion... cw (clockwise) IS right-hand rotation - OF THE
ENGINE... as observed from the water pump and pulleys end - as intalled
in the family car or truck... this results in a left, or Left-hand
turning prop in a straight inboard as viewed from the flywheel end.
This is the MasterCraft and Mercruiser engine layout. This will result
in the driver being on the "incorrect" side of a straight or v-drive
inboard based on propellor thrust, which would cause the boat to twist
opposite the prop, or clockwise looking at the transom, and adding to
the driver's weight for a list to starboard.

In my time in the ProStar though, I never really noticed it, except
backing must be done on the opposite side from our Correct Craft. In
reverse, the transom walks right on the MasterCraft, left on the Correct
Craft and Century (Coronado).

Spin-outs have to be done in the opposite direction, too.

Rob