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Old 12-31-2012, 04:04 PM
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Does anyone know what boat this is? Looks like it has 7 surface drives.

3 on each sponson and 1 in the middle
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Old 12-31-2012, 04:08 PM
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Is it an invisible boat?
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sorry here is picture
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They look to low to be surface piercing drives, I'd say they're simply propshafts with props below the waterline.
Have you got more pic's???

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wow,7 props,what the hell kind of boat is that?
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More pics!!!
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must be a smugglers boat
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notched transom - drives aren't low
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They aren't drives. They are inboard prop shafts. Look at the bearing at the back of the hull. Also reg rudders. Surface drives turn. These don't. Just inboards like a big fishing boat has.
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Trimax, BPM, and some arneson drives don't turn and they are considered surface drives. Either way my point was the boat has 7 props tied to at least 7 engines. So back to my original question does anyone know what race boat this was?

I took pic off a video I saw on YouTube, maybe oli can give us some insight I think it was a European boat.
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