[PCW] Azi-pods and Canoe Stern

[Robert Deering]

Aren't the azi-pods intended for high-speed/planing hulls?  The Tennant
canoe-stern is a displacement hull.

I personally don't like the pods - they look like an absolute disaster for
fouling on floating rope or striking debris prop-first.

Bob Deering
Juneau, Alaska


On 4/21/09 6:18 AM, "Guy Mandigo" <gmandigo at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The recent ... in the past five years ... addition of azimuth pods to pleasure
> boating has stirred my attention.  I know of only a few power catamaran
> manufacturers (AfriCat being one) that have added this form of propulsion.
> 
> And my discovery of Malcolm Tennant's 'canoe stern' has caused me to consider
> incorporating the two.
> 
> My big question:  Whether the Cummins/Mercruiser Zeus (a pusher) or the Volvo
> IPS (a tractor) is the more appropriate.
> 
> Has anyone any thoughts about this combination?
> 
> Guy
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