It’s great for a ski boat but not so much for family and friends leisure boating. A big disadvantage is that the engine and it’s cover take up a lot of room, right in the middle of your boat.You need a trailer that will not interfere with the drive. Not a terrible disadvantage, but trailering is more difficult for this same reason.The prop and shaft are in a fixed position. You can’t raise up your prop when you get into a shallow water situation.However, by design, most direct drive boats are more for water skiing because they can produce very little wake behind your boat.Ī couple disadvantages of this drive system is: As guests enter and exit the boat while in the water, it’s highly unlikely that get hurt on the prop. With the propeller tucked up under the boat, there’s very little risk when towing a wakesurfer or any other towable in close proximity to the back of the boat. Another advantage of having the weight centered is the nimble handling and stability of the boat. Rather than pushing from the rear of the boat like and I/O, outboard, or jet drive, the prop shaft transfers the trust up towards the center of the boat. The thrust is essentially all moving the boat in a forward direction from the center of the boat. You can tow several skiers out of the water at one time and not lift the bow of your boat. By keeping the weight of the engine centered in the boat (the engine actually sits a bit further forward than my image shows), there’s very little to no bow rise when accelerating. Not only is Ski Nautique one of the leading ski boats still today, but they opened up this design idea for many manufactures to enter the ski boat industry. It was also the world’s first tournament inboard ski boat. It was the first fiberglass ski boat, and was designed by Leo Bentz. Correct Craft released it’s first Ski Nautique boat in 1961. One of the more well known boat manufactures in the early days was Ski Nautique. The Inboard drive configuration has been the standard for ski boats for about 6 decades. There is very little loss of power from this design. The inboard drive system is often referred to as a Direct Drive system, because the propulsion is directly inline with the engine’s crankshaft. Inboards for our types of pleasure boats came much later. The first boats to utilize inboard motors, were actually steam engine powered, back in the early 1800s. Let’s take a look at each boat engine and drive configuration to understand how they work, and why they’re each designed that way. The most popular configuration is the I/O, but the reality is that each drive system has a specific advantage over the other. There are five main boat engine and drive systems. Knowing this helps in your quest for having the right boat for your needs. Although the sites roots are all American Skier, we welcome boat owners of: Brendella Boats, Calabria Boats, Centurion Boats, Gekko Boats, Moomba Boats, Ski Supreme, and Supra Boats and others.Boats have different types of drive systems, depending on the intended use of the boat. Correct Craft, MasterCraft, and Malibu all have good, quality owners forums in place. Is dedicated to the classic direct drive inboard tournament Ski Boat owners, particularly from custom low volume builders. Another dedicated American Skier owner "BJ" along with Ron Tanis have revived the site and are taking it to the next level. Early in 2015 the site went down from technical issues, the owner had sold his boat and was no longer interested in spending more money on a site that does not generate any income. Former owner of American Skier Boats, designer and builder Ron Tanis was asked to monitor the site for accuracy and help keep everyone honest. Later in 2009 the site owner developed a more user friendly true forum site known as. This quickly became the "go-to" place for American Skier boat owners. In 2009 a Facebook group was started by an American Skier owner who was looking for a source of "How-To" questions and answers. Where did we come from and where are we going?
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