quickslick

New guy here .... trying to learn as much as I can about powerboats and hulls and especially outdrives (no real reason other than curiosity).

After looking at a ton of pictures ... I noticed that outdrive placements are a little different for certain types of hull styles.

It appears that cats usually have a wider placement (again .. new guy ... but my thought here is that the outdrives for a cat have to be out wide simply because of the design of the boat?)

After looking at some V-Hulls ... it looks like the placement is more varied.

I have seen a ton of Outerlimit boats with a very close drive configuration ... while I have seen others with a much wider outdrive placement.
I imagine that there are different handling characteristics based on the placement ... there is probably some type of performance/speed logic for placement as well.

Thanks in advance for your help ... I have been on boats for years .. but nothing bigger or more powerful than a 26 foot Sea Ray .. my knowledge base is pretty low!

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iTrader: (1)

To get drives closer together generally involves staggering the engines. Side by sides have wide deep drives and staggered lets you put both engines closer to centerline thus bringing drives closer.