Boston Boat Show

[buckman]

Originally Posted by kenyee

The Doug guy on foxnews this morning interviewed one of the guys there that said the FL show did much better than expected for sales as did this one? Maybe the recession is thawing?
They also showed a Volvo IPS drive boat for $360K that they're introducing (normally $500K). I thought it was jet propulsion but apparently the propellers are facing forward. Wouldn't this rip them apart if you hit anything? And you can't fix them easily where they're located...

Awesome drive system, the props are on pods mounted under the boat and rotate. You can drive the boat sideways. Better economy too. It can also hold the boat in one spot when interphased with nav. system

[likwid]

Originally Posted by buckman

Awesome drive system, the props are on pods mounted under the boat and rotate. You can drive the boat sideways. Better economy too. It can also hold the boat in one spot when interphased with nav. system

Until you hit something with them and rip the drive out of the boat.



Already seen that one.

Mini-sized azimuth drives.
Nothing new.