DropDrive

The plan for this monster project is to keep refresh the Yanmar, and fabricating up a Bieker-based drop-drive to mirror the setup in the RT35, Longboard.  Pretty much everyone has told me I'm an idiot for not just tee-ing up a 15HP outboard, like the Melges 32, but for some reason, I can't let go of the idea of a real motor, particularly with the though of bombing around the islands in the summer with the kids.

Evan Walker took a trip to deliver the Volvo 70, and snapped a few pics of their setup to keep me thinking.