Surface Drive Quiries

[Jellyfish84]

hi i am new to this forum. and depending on the answers i am hopeing to gain i might be new new to surface drive setups.

just wondering if a surface drive setup would be anygood in a ski boat type of application, will it pull the boat out of a hole quick towing a skier. i ask this as i am thinking of adopting this type of settup on a boat i have for which i use as a pleasure boat to go the the reef fishing and also skiing. i know it would be great on the boat for the reef part but not sure on the skiing part. any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
jellyfish84

[Frosty]

No no No, it wont pull out of the hole and it is extrememly dangerous for any one or anything in the viscinity of those surface props /meat grinders.

For similar reasons absalutely useless for fishing

[Jellyfish84]

oh ok thanks for the help. i when i said fishing i meant just crusing out to the reef flat out not slow trolling etc.
what are they like at starting off pretty slow i gather, until your on the plane.
cheers

[masalai]

Application is longer distance high speed passages for larger vessels (40 ft & 12 plus tonnes) where fuel efficiency at high constant speed is a factor, - - or - - racing performance where fuel efficiency is not significant.... Frosty has on his boat and knows Sonny Levi, a designer & manufacturer...

[Jellyfish84]

i've seen levi drives ( LD 170) for small applications, 10 to 60 hp. so they must be suitable for smaler craft. i am running 100+ hp. i have also seen it on many smaller craft. yeh fair enough the skiing idea might be out of the question but for the high speed crusing it must be a great investment. i like the idea as it has a shallow draft (with trim especially) and it saves on fuel costs.
cheers

[Frosty]

Sorry I was a bit short there. For what I know they do not pull well , mine certainly dont and will pull more the more they dry out and the props come clear, strange I know but they don't make Mastercraft for nothing.

100Hp is not enough for serious skiing anyway.

Surface is good for, vibration free economyand high speed .

For instance a good solid pull for tricking say 15MPH would be a pain with surface drives--nay impossible.