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Mercruiser Gets it righter?

Posted By: Capt. Mike Holmes
Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 8:27 p.m.

Just saw that Mercruiser/Cummins has a new drive out that is VERY similar to the Volvo IPS system. It is basically an oudrive unit that mounts through the hull of an inboard boat. Eliminates shafts, struts, exhausts, shaft logs and rudders. This one, as with everything these days, is all computerized, and interfaces with a proper navigation system. It is claimed it can hold a boat in the same spot without the attention of the skipper. Saves fuel, increases performance, etc.

Oh, it also uses dual props on each drive unit - but, like Bill Lindsey, the editor of Southern Boating, told me - they face backwards, as God intended props to do!

This one might eb interesting.

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Mercruiser Gets it righter?
Capt. Mike Holmes -- Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 8:27 p.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 8:52 p.m.

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jp -- Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 9:06 p.m.

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vic Roy -- Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 9:27 p.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:12 a.m.

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vic Roy -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:51 a.m.

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JohnD -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 9:21 a.m.

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Ed C. -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:55 a.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 9:44 a.m.

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thuddddd -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 11:07 a.m.

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Capt Dick Dean -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 11:26 a.m.

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Chiles -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 11:57 a.m.

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thuddddd -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 12:28 p.m.

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thuddddd -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 12:33 p.m.

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Rawleigh -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 1:01 p.m.

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thuddddd -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 1:20 p.m.

An Ode to Timmy
Chiles -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 4:34 p.m.

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andre fourrier-Louisiana -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 4:43 p.m.

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Dug -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 5:19 p.m.

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Harv -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 6:32 p.m.

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Doug Crowther -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 5:55 p.m.

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Ed C. -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 7:20 p.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 7:32 p.m.

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Ed C. -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 7:51 p.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 7:59 p.m.

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Harv -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:26 p.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:38 p.m.

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vic Roy -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:15 p.m.

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CMP -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 8:34 p.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 9:06 p.m.

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Ed Curry -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 9:10 p.m.

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Capt. Mike Holmes -- Thursday, 16 March 2006, at 9:23 p.m.

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thuddddd -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 8:15 a.m.

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Josh Johnson -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 9:45 a.m.

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randall -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 9:58 a.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 11:55 a.m.

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thuddddd -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 3:01 p.m.

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randall -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 4:33 p.m.

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Terry -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 4:55 p.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 5:12 p.m.

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thuddddd -- Friday, 17 March 2006, at 5:11 p.m.