New engine

[GregOug]

Lol.

 

[Hweebe]

Saw that as well, has some crazy new steering mechanism as well.

[GregOug]

35 minutes ago, Hweebe said:

Saw that as well, has some crazy new steering mechanism as well.

Yeah. Apparently the motor stays put and only the gear box and below actually move.

[ellicat]

I wonder if they do one in a bow mount

[Junky]

Two speed box as well I believe. 

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, Junky said:

Two speed box as well I believe. 

You mean we can do racing changes in a boat. Bring it on! Lol. 

[Hweebe]

Now.....how to justify this with the minister of finance?

1) I need a bigger outboard (v12)

2) Oh this v12 is going to need a bigger boat

3) Oh i'm going to need a bigger tow vehicle.

4) Crap it doesn't fit under the shed

5) We need to change properties

6) I really need to win Lotto now.

 

[kmcrosby78]

6 hours ago, Hweebe said:

Now.....how to justify this with the minister of finance?

1) I need a bigger outboard (v12)

2) Oh this v12 is going to need a bigger boat

3) Oh i'm going to need a bigger tow vehicle.

4) Crap it doesn't fit under the shed

5) We need to change properties

6) I really need to win Lotto now.

 

Haha, my minister of finance would recognise a couple of these items ........ boat doesn't fit under our carport, so is at my parents ....... looking for a new house but she hasn't been allowed to buy any she's been keen on because they don't have side access ......... and the boat got a new $14k motor on it last year ....... 

Somehow we are still together ..... .

[GregOug]

Just looked it up. $77,000 US which is around $99,000 Aus. No need to consult the Minister. Just do it. You can always live on the boat.

[Junky]

100k....you could get 2 x 300hp with joystick for that, maybe, and still have normal steering. 

[GregOug]

On 19/02/2021 at 6:47 AM, Junky said:

100k....you could get 2 x 300hp with joystick for that, maybe, and still have normal steering. 

Not sure the new steering idea is a bad thing. Makes sense in a way. 

[GregOug]

On 17/02/2021 at 9:27 PM, GregOug said:

Lol.

 

I was just thinking about this. I mean, it’s bloody typical isn’t it! I buy a top of the range V8 outboard. So what do they do almost immediately but bring out a V12. If I bought the V12 there’d be a simultaneous announcement about a V16 release. Lol. Luckily my boat would either immediately sink from the weight, or the transom and engine would hit me in the back on their way through the boat and onwards to Moreton, so I can’t even get tempted.

[Ed.]

Personally if I had a suitable large sized boat to fit that much horsepower I also would opt for 2 x 200's or 2 x 250's max. the extra cash I would save would pay for about 10 years fuel, also where could you take it to open it up and use that much horsepower anyway, glassed out days are very few and far between and most times you would push it to even drive at 30 knots. I would rather have the safety of twin motors than one rather big one.

My last boat was a 26ft with a 425HP inboard sterndrive setup, it could do over 40knots, in the 4 years I owned it, I hit that speed once, just to see if I could, the rest of the time it was 24-27 knots.  Things can go badly very quickly at that sort of speed (40Kts and above), by the time you spot something in the water ahead to avoid you will be over it before you can even do a course change.  Apart from the fact that I could see the fuel gauge move spiraling downwards.

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, Ed. said:

Personally if I had a suitable large sized boat to fit that much horsepower I also would opt for 2 x 200's or 2 x 250's max. the extra cash I would save would pay for about 10 years fuel, also where could you take it to open it up and use that much horsepower anyway, glassed out days are very few and far between and most times you would push it to even drive at 30 knots. I would rather have the safety of twin motors than one rather big one.

My last boat was a 28ft with a 425HP inboard sterndrive setup, it could do over 40knots, in the 4 years I owned it, I hit that speed once, just to see if I could, the rest of the time it was 24-27 knots.  Things can go badly very quickly at that sort of speed (40Kts and above), by the time you spot something in the water ahead to avoid you will be over it before you can even do a course change.  Apart from the fact that I could see the fuel gauge move spiraling downwards.

Agreed Ed however I think they are targeted at the huge, previously ‘inboard only’ market. As you are no doubt aware, having been a previous sterndrive owner, having the motor onboard can be a real pain in the ......

[Angry51]

Yeah, remember seeing a 30ft charter boat off Broome ( I think ) had 4x 200hp yammie's on the 

back. He was running way out to the west and north, would really get up and go. But like

you said Ed, you'd be in trouble if there was a shipping container just below the surface.