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Beautiful boats, yes. But how do they move? What are the best engines and how do they differ? Better outboard and inboard? Here are seven chapters, seven propulsion systems, all of which you can find aboard recreational boats. What do outboards look like and how do they differ from inboards inline and sterndrives? And again, how do IPS, PODs, surface drives and waterjets work?
Here is Episode #4 of our “I EXPLAIN THE BOAT” videopodcast, produced in collaboration with Suzuki Marine Italia. In the studio, as usual, Luca Sordelli and Stefano Monfroni.
In this first installment devoted to propulsion systems we make an initial descriptive overview to understand their basic characteristics, in the next two we will delve into the most common types on recreational boats: outboard, inboard, shaftlines and IPS.
By Luca Sordelli and Stefano Monfroni, illustrations by Erika Baffico
In the first three episodes of “I’ll Explain the Boat” we talked about what a boat looks like starting with the living work: the hulls.
EPISODE #1 The basics, from Archimedes onward–hydrostatic thrust and hydrodynamics. Critical speed and how boats get off the water.
EPISODE#2 The large families of hulls: Displacement, Planing and Semi-displacement.
EPISODE#3 The “weird” hulls, from catamarans to hulls with the latest Foils.
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