Land & Sea Stern Jack
 

Wanted Land & Sea Stern Jack for bravo - complete.

2 of them on Facebook swap shop

Thx I did see this these. I know what they sold for when new thru Land & Sea so IMO I think the seller is asking to much for a used set. I will check with L&S and see if they can direct me. Also found one almost still brand new at a prop shop totally complete as a display model for 750 bucks. The only thing missing was the box. Already bought that one.

Too bad you didn't need one for an alpha. I have one collecting dust and I'm too lazy to put up an ad. LOL.

Good luck in your search.

Are they the same thing as a stand off box?

Stern jack raises drive height with trim thus acting similar to an outboard jack plate in addition to adding set-back. I wonder why they stopped making them.

No. It's a spacer of sorts that mounts between helmet and drive. Too lazy to go measure mine (in garage) but it's approx 8"-10" long.

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If these things are so great... Why is everyone not using them?

Back when L&S first came out with it they had a retail price of $ 995 for the bravo and I think a $ 795 for the Alpha. The price increased every year as I think it topped out around $ 1795 or $ 1995 and $ 1595 or $ 1795 for the Alpha retail.

Mercruiser put out info to its dealers and Techs taking their classes about not to install them. I would have to look up that info about what they said at that timeframe as to why. I forgot what the story was.

It seemed after that sales for Land & Sea dropped quickly plus a lot of people did not the like the looks of them hanging off their azz end of the boat. Also installing them added more cost to the end user in which started to get pricey. At that timeframe L&S was more well know for their outboard related stuff. Today their business is just dyno's for most apps.

Buy a case of gimbal bearings if you are going to run them. :D

They work on some boats.

Was more popular for the small boat small block crowd.

have many cases of gimbal bearings buy them cheap and stacking them deep. I only need the stern jack to test a certain boat then its coming back off. Winter crap to play with.

Does anyone else remember the Land & Sea variable pitch propellers? :)

I had both the stern jack and the variable pitch prop.:party-smiley-004:

Had one at one time and Merc had theirs plus I still have the one called Power Pitch by another manufacturer or something like that. Shifting props as many called them. The one have is in storage collecting dust.

A small lightweight hydraulic snowmobile clutch has been prototyped and is in testing.

Before we leave this earth maybe we'll see a prop that can do this.

But, how would you do change diamter, cup, blade shape, and such.

Oh well, Until then, springs, levers, grooves, just ain't gonna happen for a good prop.

They definitely weren't for high performance boats but probably worked great for the family runabout.

$750 is a steal. You won't find a new one under $1500 .

I've had one on a 900hp engine for 12 years. The only problem I had was the shift cables. I figured out how to modify the stock cables and have been good since then. The u joints and bearing can be bought after market.