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Re: Surface Drives

Posted By: Gary Gibson
Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 8:42 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Surface Drives (Scott Deskins)

Knight and Carver, in San Diego, built a custom 70+' sport fisherman with 2 16 cylinder diesel engines driving conventional running gear and a centerline gas turbine driving a surface drive some years ago. The surface drive was raised out of the water when not in use (vertically into a transom pocket as I recall).

The first time the turbine/surface drive was used at full power, the hydraulics failed and the drive came out of the water vertically into the transom chopping it to bits at 40+ knots!

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Surface Drives
Scott D -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 6:06 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 6:28 p.m.

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bruce -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 6:46 p.m.

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Capt Patrick McCrary -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 6:49 p.m.

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Capt Patrick McCrary -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 7:53 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 8:02 p.m.

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Scott Deskins -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 8:34 p.m.

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Gary Gibson -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 8:42 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 9:26 p.m.

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bruce -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 10:25 p.m.

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79f74 -- Thursday, 29 June 2006, at 7:30 a.m.

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bruce -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 10:31 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 23 August 2005, at 10:43 p.m.

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Hal S. Lovato -- Wednesday, 24 August 2005, at 12:02 a.m.

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Rocket -- Wednesday, 24 August 2005, at 12:51 a.m.

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mike ohlstein -- Wednesday, 24 August 2005, at 1:13 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Wednesday, 24 August 2005, at 10:32 a.m.