I bet this old lady is bad A$$ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rik, so it seems you can get the props deep and centered, similar to a staggared layout. Of course you engines are still side by side. is that correct?

I believe that is kvogt's boat. Badass for sure.


Arnesons are awesome, would love to strap an asd6 onto the back of anything and get some 'tail'.

Happened on my last bravo boat.......

Stay away from all props.

Shhh... All bad has to lay with Arnesons in some peoples minds :D

Exactly. This is how the original ones were configured and setup back in the day so to say. The boats did not have the engine room/cockpit configuration for a stagger setup so with a pair of side by side engines you get get the stagger performance.

Today with the larger engine rooms and cockpit configurations we can stagger the engines also and use a different drive configuration.

Of course what is good is also bad. This is what lead to the misnomer that Arnesons are difficult to dock as everyone "now" knows a stagger setup is more difficult to dock than a side by side but back then there were very few pleasure boats that were staggered. So when they had a side by side engine setup in a boat they felt they should dock like a typical side by side boat BUT these are setup with a stagger propeller shaft centerline.. Hence, they are more difficult to dock.

Put all drives with the propellers on the same centerline and they all basically dock the same.:eek:

The new setups are much cleaner and easier to install also.

Even w/ the prop way back from where a bravo would be?
How much further back are the props than on a bravo?
Unfortunately, the last time i saw some ASD's was on a 53magnum... yrs back, and i remember them being quite long.

And how about from a fresh start cost wise, bravo vs asd6.

how much more mph do you pick up having arnesons?

from a bravo........between 5-10% maybe..?

I'll take the 5 - 10 percent along with they don't break.

Kris