[PCW] Azi-pods and Canoe Stern (or Rim-Drive, or Duo-Prop)

[brian eiland]

How about some rim-drives on that Tennant CS hull
<http://www.runningtideyachts.com/dynarig/Section_8_and_Rim_Drives.php>

or duo-props, chain driven:
<http://www.runningtideyachts.com/dynarig/Tennant_Hull_V_ChainDrive.php>




> 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