Mercruiser Bravo 4

aero3113aero3113 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 30 in General Boating Discussions

What do you guys think? Looks like it’s more for wake surfing but do you think it will make it to cruisers?



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  • grouch0jrgrouch0jr Posts: 231 ✭✭✭
    Don't the bigger boats with pod drives have forward facing props?
    2006 342EC - Twin Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI Horizons
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  • captkevincaptkevin Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    Would make me nervous having the prop in front of the drive with nothing to protect it 
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The engineers who designed the bravo 4 also hated wakeboard boats 
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  • captkevincaptkevin Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    Doesn't everyone hate wake board boats?
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  • FormulabenFormulaben Posts: 223 ✭✭✭
    The only good thing I see about this is for an application towards wakesurfing to meet the distance rule...maybe slightly better exhaust scavenging?  Other than that, several negatives, the biggest being inability to "trim up" like you would with a traditional outdrive in shallow/beaching conditions to protect the props.  Next would be trailering and trailer re-design to accommodate forward props.  It's already bad enough but with the props another 3 feet forward I fear for the innocent trailers of the future.
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  • rasburyrasbury Posts: 8,955 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll keep my 6000.00 outdrive facing the correct way what do these cost? What will insurance co's have to say about it? Am I just paranoid of striking something in the water?
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  • PickleRickPickleRick Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    captkevin said:
    Doesn't everyone hate wake board boats?


    Only people with things in our near the water
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