Originally Posted by larby

Thanks, I'll have a look into the sc's and see if they're likely to be strong enough. Re-rigging isn't an issue at all as the boat isn't rigged! I could put in a V drive if I wanted at the stage it's at!



Cheers, I'll most likely keep in touch via email, easiest for me! The DPX is quite an old drive, but good. Finding one is the issue! DPR is newer and way out of my price range!



Hi Dick, thanks for getting involved and helping again! I'm amazed you're not fed up with me yet!!
The main issue I have is that having a drive break really isn't an option to me like it is in the US. Our tides run at 12 knots plus (15mph!!), and it's very rocky and rough here. If i lost all drive, me and my family could be wrecked on rocks in seconds, with no-one around to help.
A friend of mine with much the same setup but slightly less power just snapped teeth off the gears in a brand new bravo x drive, so that doesn't fill me with confidence in their gears!
The volvo DPX has been known to run past 100mph and doesn't seem to have the limitations of the B3.

Right now I'm very tempted to try a surface drive with rocker tabs and a little fin on the bottom of the skeg to give bow lift, that combination seems to work quite well for others, and at least I'd know the drive isn't gonna break! I can get a lancing fixed surface drive here in the UK relatively cheaply.

James