Larger boat discussion

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A boat that was interesting to me was the Four Winns Quest 267 it was 26 foot that had the motor in the center of the boat and a drive shaft to an out-drive. Looked at a couple but never bought one.

[randlemanboater]

Yeah, I really like the idea of i/o power using jack shafts, Albemarle used to build them like that, maybe they still do.

All this big talk about big boats, and I am still just dreaming...

[THEFERMANATOR]

I like the jackshaft design as well. All of the weight forward advantages of a straight inboard, and all the advantages of an i/o with being able to trim the drive for shallow operation or just better running performance and docking ability. My ultimate dreamboat would be a 29 blackfin with a pair of yanmar 315HP straight 6's in it. Take and convert it using a pair Konrad duo prop out drives. It would keep all that cockpit space they have, an actual functional cabin, flybridge, and to me make it the ultimate compromise boat. I'll never have a boat again that is too large to put on a trailer, and it's been proven with a folding tower and good trailer the 29 blackfin can fit on a trailer and is low enough to go down most roads, and switching to outdrives should make it even easier to get it sat down low on a trailer. And it is supposed to be one of the biggest riding under 30 footers ever built. With a pair of 315HP yanmars they are supposed to be pretty fast, and switching to outdrives normally gains 20-30% in top speed making it even faster.

If I ever win the powerball, I'll find out of my theory about it is correct.