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Old 05-22-2022, 07:47 PM   #212
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Originally Posted by TiltonBB View Post
Look at the construction of the flotation. The outboards were the only place they would function with that design. They could not be behind the flotation of the vessel as that would block the water flow to the props. Forward would have been poor, reverse would have been useless.
Will you agree the outboards were just the wrong motor for that vessel? How many times did they blow them up?
I understand what you are saying about not able to put the propeller deep enough with those O/B but man, they were just bad. It was just a bad choice in my eyes.
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