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Volvo Penta forward drive boat propeller

Volvo Penta forward drive boat propeller

Posted by on Apr 19, 2015 in Boat Propellers, Boating | 1 comment

Volvo Penta has come out with a duo prop stern drive made for wake surfing. The Volvo Penta boat propellers are forward of the drive instead of behind it and are over two feet further forward than the regular duo boat props. Designed for safety, a wake surfer who surfs the sterndrive wake extremely close to the back of the boat  is very unlikely to get...

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Two Boat Propeller Sterndrives

Two Boat Propeller Sterndrives

Posted by on Apr 4, 2015 in Boat Propellers, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 0 comments

Volvo Penta was first to come out with a sterndrive with a single boat propeller in 1959 and they were first with a sterndrive that has two counter rotating boat propellers on a single prop shaft in 1982. The advantages of a sterndrive with two boat props are much less slippage that gives a better bite on the water, improved low speed steering...

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