I am sorry, but I do not follow you.

Mercury and the others use gears to reduce, drop and change rotation.

Why should this be looked upon differently with an Arneson?

Arneson does not require a V drive, or anything special. Although we are very flexible in setups that would allow one to use a V drive if desired, but it is ceretainly not a necessity

Ouch..

First, you'll chop your appendages off. Secondly you'll put your eye out! Other than that, I think they are fast.

This reply above is why people are ignorant to reality.

First, show an example of some one who has lost an eye or appendage.

We have a propeller guard for the drives, while that might be something you did not know, it does not excuse your comments.

Sense of humor??? I almost bought a fishing boat with one of your drives years ago.. I liked it and it was actually the boat it was attached to that stopped me. It was faster than the bravo's I thought.. Ended up with an inboard anyway.

I was not offended at all. Sorry for the confusion. I took it as a slap to the Bravo worshipers.

Sorry to bust your balls, but it is not a joking matter when it comes to injuries. That is something to take seriously.

Other than that, it's all good.

You have to get the power from the engine's drive axis to the propulsion unit's drive axis. If you add mechanical pieces to accomplish that (chains, gears or whatever) you add mechanical complexity. It takes more power and increases the maintenance and possibility of failures associated with having more parts. I wasn't saying the Arneson wasn't as reliable. I was saying that when these additional issues were factored in, you had the same issues with both systems.

I agree on setup but what choices do you have? If you have the 16" drop boxes, that puts the props together when you angle the drives in to fit them on the transom. Backing up is like trying to push a rope.

I want a set of the bravo conversion so bad I'm thinking about taking the kids college money and send them to vo-tech. I just wish everyone would make the change to get cost down. If you are a long time boater and have enough HP to break the Bravo which isn't that much if you ask me, the change would be a great peace of mind. As far as saftey, educate your passengers and show them the meat eaters and I bet they pay attention. Now back to that college money with a pro install and a set of conversions est cost with extras?

Chris said push a rope. Hee hee hhe. I tried standing on a rope and lift myself up once, that was really hard too.