"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Ok, we are all familiar with inboards, I/Os, and outboards. Most of us
have
seen a stern wheeler or a side wheeler or a picture of one, but what else
is
there?

I have run a cross refferences to a steam jet outboard. Haven't seen one
or
even read a review of one yet, but it sure sounds interesting.

There is another I/O drive that looks interesting. Looks like a ball
joing
or soemthing like that where it comes out of the transom and it sticks
way
back behind the behing unlike the usual I/O that looks like the lower
half
of an outboard. I guess its more of an inboard application that turns
instead of using a rudder.

Anyway. Iwas curious what kinds of unusual drives there were ot there.


Volvo Penta IPS. It's like an outdrive on an I/O, but it comes out the
*bottom* of the boat...and the duo-prop is in front of the skeg and lower
unit.

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

The perfect set up for fishing shallows where there are shell banks or
coral reef outcroppings....

I thought the same thing. I boat in the Land of the Scraped Outdrive Skeg.