Bertram31.com General Bulletin Board

Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feeds it

Posted By: Capt. Mike Holmes
Date: Tuesday, 24 May 2005, at 8:53 p.m.

Read in an article over the weekend that three Volvo employees were running a boat with the new IPS system home from the Lauderdale show and ran hard aground in the ICW (I think). The drive unit DID NOT SHEAR OFF, as it was designed to do. All three guys were hurt, one badly. Volvo says now it is designed to shear off on hard impact, but not necessarily when running aground. They don't seem to want to talk about it, but the word is the props were a twisted - and expensive - mess.

Messages In This Thread

Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feeds it
Capt. Mike Holmes -- Tuesday, 24 May 2005, at 8:53 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Tony Meola -- Tuesday, 24 May 2005, at 9:59 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Walter Kaprielian -- Tuesday, 24 May 2005, at 10:12 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 24 May 2005, at 10:31 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Seaveyor -- Wednesday, 25 May 2005, at 6:03 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Capt. Mike Holmes -- Wednesday, 25 May 2005, at 10:56 p.m.

Re: Volvo backwards drive bites the hand that feed
Hal S. Lovato -- Saturday, 28 May 2005, at 10:47 a.m.