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Note the picture from the Miami Poker Run (I saw it on the trailer that morning). Something is missing on the transom ;) :cool:
It was an expensive day for them. Snapped prop shaft and a donated big $$$ prop to the water Gods. I don't know about you all...but my shoes wear evenly. How do you replace just one shaft without worrying when the other one breaks? :D |
Originally Posted by OldSchool
(Post 3889804)
Note the picture from the Miami Poker Run (I saw it on the trailer that morning). Something is missing on the transom ;) :cool:
It was an expensive day for them. Snapped prop shaft and a donated big $$$ prop to the water Gods. I don't know about you all...but my shoes wear evenly. How do you replace just one shaft without worrying when the other one breaks? :D Too bad we don't run steel props, as you could stick a big fat magnet on the back of all these fancy modern bustles. :eureka: |
Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 3889440)
We agree on something! lol
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Originally Posted by SinOjos
(Post 3889627)
Obviously you have no experience with yachts of or any of the top level sport-fishing boats, which are any where from 35' an up. Everyone of them are fixed drive with a rudder. Where I boat, 50-80 foot sport-fishing boats are common with fixed drive and a rudder.
They have been that way long before an i/o ever came along. I have never had a problem, nor anyone I know with such a boat while docking, other than those inexperienced in docking. Your opinion holds no merit, as the boat builders who build the real sport fishing boats, are considerably larger, and many times the cost of a any of the offshore boats on offshoreonly, yet stick with fixed drives and rudder. And your opinion that my opinion has no merit has no merit. :evilb: The reason yachts and sportfishers stick with fixed drives probably relates more to the size and weight of those boats and the power needed to propel them rather than ease of docking with fixed shafts and a rudder. Exactly where are you going to find an articulable drive that can handle an MTU 16V2000? |
Originally Posted by seafordguy
(Post 3889757)
Fixed it for you.
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They sill can't give the pig away at 349k...
Big Cats are the king of depreciation.... Nobody wants to the the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th owner 1075's are now the red headed step child in the marine market.... Only buy a cat if you intend to keep it till the props fall off, otherwise you will take one helluva bath in it when it's time to get rid of it.... |
If big cats are the king of depreciation, wouldn't it be BETTER to be the third or subsequent owner, because the boat has already dropped to 70% of its retail price?
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Originally Posted by X-Rated30
(Post 3889956)
... Exactly where are you going to find an articulable drive that can handle an MTU 16V2000?
http://appsprod01.zf.com/zf.productD...uageISOCode=en Once you know how to drive shafts and a rudder (or two) it's like backing/docking anything else, and easier, in some cases. Bob |
Originally Posted by goatskin
(Post 3890043)
ZF, of course.
http://appsprod01.zf.com/zf.productD...uageISOCode=en Once you know how to drive shafts and a rudder (or two) it's like backing/docking anything else, and easier, in some cases. Bob |
Originally Posted by tgi
(Post 3889971)
Only buy a cat if you intend to keep it till the props fall off, otherwise you will take one helluva bath in it when it's time to get rid of it....
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