Hey,
Has anyone checked out this 557 HP outboard out of Merc's back yard made by Seven Marine?
www.seven-marine.com
http://www.seven-marine.com
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Hey,
Has anyone checked out this 557 HP outboard out of Merc's back yard made by Seven Marine?
www.seven-marine.com
http://www.seven-marine.com
You know I'd prefer this engine in a 15 inch shaft but 20 inch I can make work, what i can't make work is the 1,000 pounds this things weighs :D not sure my little 15ft alweld could handle that kinda weight. I forgot to say it doesn't look like they make this motor in a tiller either, what a bummer
Remains to be seen. For all the boat show showings, and press hype out there, I understand they have not yet spent all that much time on the water. I heard that Intrepid was building a boat to run a couple, and that will tell pretty quick what they do and how they survive in the real world.
Interesting project.
Fascinating design, but why on earth is it better than a normal inboard/ outboard (stern drive)? To me, the space below decks it saves is not worth its astronomical cost!
Jeff
This is a project of Rick Davis; VP Engineering Mercury; and his son. I understand it was the sons idea and Rick supported him with his merc connections.
Is it legal super E engine?
Alan
Sure is out of the box thinking! Could verywell start the move away from the stern drive system.
Its an old idea reborn. The 1956 100+mph speed record was set with a motor of this configuration ... a couple of Corvair motors were mounted on Merc towers in the 1960's ... Cross Radial outboards of the 1930's were a similar conversion of an aircraft engine.
If the idea succeeds this time, it will be an unusual example of something that was tried multiple times and actually caught on.
I rember a drag hydro from the mid 60s The boat was called 1/2 breed The guys name was Bruce Redman He stacked a Corviar on top of a Parker downhousing w/ssmaster lower He use to run 95-100 mph class he did set a record in about 1966 or 67 at over 100 mph think he registered as a fuel boat the gas record was faster I was about 15 years old and thought this was the most amazing thing I had ever seen It sounded great on the warm up Most the time it was pretty disapointing I once asked Bruce about the performance he told me he thought it was allergic to water
My mind is not as sharp as it use to be and I realize I rember better after a lets just say a visit to a different room Bruce use to bring the boat to Ski Land behind a tow truck a pretty old beat up tow truck most of the tools he used were borrowed or found in the bed of the tow truck I was working w/Bob Piper at the time and we always seemed to be parked next to him He knew we had a complete tool set He was quite a charater If my memory serves me right it was a older Jones Cab over He rarely brought help and we ran 90-95 or if all went well 95-100 so one of our crew could help him launch