V drive vs I/O costs

[CliffA]

i think that I/O boats can and do pivot similar to inboards, at least inboards that have prop tunnels....I am basing this on a comparison between my boat and a dock friends 34' Cruisers Yacht.....I have twin V-drive inboards and he has twin Volvo dual prop outdrives....the two boats pivot very similar to each other....

however, the smoothness of shifting the V-drives compared to the clunking of the outdrives when shifting in and out of gear is enough to make me appreciate docking with the V-drives....

cliff

 

[RollerCoastr]

A CSR member shot video of his pivot maneuvers in his B3 300DA. Does anyone remember that?

 

[scoflaw]

i think that I/O boats can and do pivot similar to inboards, at least inboards that have prop tunnels....I am basing this on a comparison between my boat and a dock friends 34' Cruisers Yacht.....I have twin V-drive inboards and he has twin Volvo dual prop outdrives....the two boats pivot very similar to each other....

however, the smoothness of shifting the V-drives compared to the clunking of the outdrives when shifting in and out of gear is enough to make me appreciate docking with the V-drives....

cliff

Your friends duo prop and the B3 both have a clutch. Neither should be clunking.

 

[RollerCoastr]

Even so, a B3 doesn't shift as smoothly as my 21 year old Hurths. (but I'm used to the KAH-LUNK of A1's!)

well, sometimes it's a tick, tick, tick, tick, tick KAH-CHHHHUNK. It all depends on how my cables are adjusted.

 

[scoflaw]

B3 should shift smooth as silk, no delay. With a brand new clutch cone, you will feel a thump. 1/4 worn to almost worn to the point of slipping you won't feel or hear anything.

The salt water higher maintenance, "I would never own one" statements , posted by some of the freshwater boaters, is pure myth. They do just fine in salt water, I've actually seen more B3 corrosion on fresh water drives.

 

[RollerCoastr]

Didn't just about all the saltwater comments come from saltwater boaters?

B3 corrosion in freshwater was a very real thing, but it was the fault of Mercury Marine, not the water.

 

[Great lakes pirate]

Even so, a B3 doesn't shift as smoothly as my 21 year old Hurths. (but I'm used to the KAH-LUNK of A1's!)

well, sometimes it's a tick, tick, tick, tick, tick KAH-CHHHHUNK. It all depends on how my cables are adjusted.

Mine didn't make a peep when I went in and out of gear.