"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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WaIIy wrote:

http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/200...42mbynews.html


Tiara is going to use it.



Forward facing props unprotected by any sort of skeg, with the units
coming out through a hole in the bottom of the boat?

Fascinating!


You didn't finish reading Harry.

Eisboch



Yeah, I did. I wouldn't own an inboard with a rear-facing wheel unless
it were at least partially protected by a keel and skeg. The new Volvo
unit is totally unprotected. And I wouldn't want to depend upon the unit
simply breaking off under the hull without it creating a huge hole in
the bottom of the boat.

No more risk than a shaft, cutlass bearing mount, prop and rudder on a true
inboard without a keel. I saw a 43' Post that hit a rock going through
Wood's Hole last summer. It had a 1' by 2' hole in the bottom where the
port shaft went through the hull. Both shafts looked like bananas and the
props were, well they weren't anymore.

From what I read about the new Volvo drive, it has a pre-engineered break
point that will not result in a swamped boat.

Eisboch