Boat engines

[Dr G]

I know next to nothing about boats but for some reason have a real fascination with boat engines.

Powerboats with a couple of blown Chevy motors, mega money outboards, 6 million horsepower diesels etc...

What are the most impressive/newest/biggest/fastest ones out there? Can one purchase a small nuclear reactor to strap on the back on one's dinghy? Could a Veyron motor be marinised to make some sort of uber jetski? Would the channel crossing be significantly faster with the addition of a couple of rockets?

Educate/inspre me oh great boatmeisters of PH.

[maser_spyder]

Maybe not the best ever, but certainly one of the most exciting....



http://www.lambocars.com/archive/marine.htm

[MOTORVATOR]

Interesting wankel / Deltic type variant with huge horsepower.

http://www.smith-power.com/r12

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-boating...

Or how about a 6.2 litre outboard.

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?p=...

[Simpo Two]

I prefer traditional - this is Gar Wood's 'Miss America X' with the 'extra engines' pack fitted - 4 x 1800hp 12-cylinder Packard engines:

[MOTORVATOR]

Simpo Two said:

I prefer traditional - this is Gar Wood's 'Miss America X' with the 'extra engines' pack fitted - 4 x 1800hp 12-cylinder Packard engines:

Pah, Campbell had the right idea knicking an Orpheus out of a Gnat.


Wonder if there's an old Olympus laying about anywhere.

[cabbron]

these look handy and a snip at $70k a piece.

http://www.bigbadboat.com/2011/04/one-big-bad-outb...

[Total loss]

A couple of blown Chevys ?
Here you go , twin 1550 BHP Sterlings (Big Block Chevys) averaging 202 MPH down a river. Turn the sound up and listen to those babys sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmJ2cuFTcE

[Total loss]

How about this beauty,Miss Geico, twin turbines and 210 MPH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmJ2cuFTcE

[Total loss]

Back to piston power, one Blown V8 Top Fuel HEMI. 250 MPH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGO7W9ZOeMw&fea...

[chuntington101]

for me (and i dont know a lot about boats) it has the be the mercury Racings 1350 BHP twin turbo, quad cam, 9.0ltr V8s. They look brilliant (ok maybve not as good as the Lambo motor above lol) and produce killer power. very impresive.

http://www.mercuryracing.com/blog/tag/qc4v/

Chris.

[Simpo Two]

From http://www.quicksilver-wsr.co.uk/

[MOTORVATOR]

Simpo Two said:

From http://www.quicksilver-wsr.co.uk/

Be interesting to see which makes it to Coniston first, A rebuilt K7 or that.

Or given that the government have to approve both whether the greenies just block both and they have to go out of the country?

[Hooli]

I thought K7 had permission for one run at planing speed already?

[MOTORVATOR]

Hooli said:

I thought K7 had permission for one run at planing speed already?

Permission by the lakeland authority by a majority vote but subject to final approval by the government as I understood it.

[Simpo Two]

If they ban a world record attempt on 'environmental grounds' then truly the last vestige of national pride has gone. National, bad. Must eat more tofu and be miserable.

[MOTORVATOR]

The area has been slowly eroded over the years now Simpo with the 10 knot blanket limit over the whole of the lakes.

I seem to remember when the committee voted in favour of a K7 run there were objections as the byelaws would have to rewritten to take account of it. At the time it was commented that it took a huge public inquiry to get the 10 knot byelaws approved and the naysayers would expect the same level of public inquiry to be fought again just to allow a single planing run upto 100mph max as it wasn't a world record attempt which the byelaws allow for subject to individual application.

Powerboat records week had to move from Windermere in 2005 to Coniston due to the byelaws and technically shouldn't allow a run unless it is a bonafide record attempt.

Hippocrites of the highest level, love the historic association with speed record attempts and the tourism element but don't like the smell of it when it actually happens.

[danyeates]

Certainly the most impressive outboard engine...

http://www.seven-marine.com/

[Yachtworker]

I particularily like M/Y Ecstasea, as on top of the 4 x 3000hp MTU mains, she has a 19000hp GE turbine that powers this jet drive!

M/Y Ecstasea by tristanrowe, on Flickr

Please note the size comparison with crew member on the passerelle!

[cabbron]

danyeates said:

Certainly the most impressive outboard engine...

http://www.seven-marine.com/

agree!see my post above

[Dr G]

Awesome stuff, I have some reading and Youtubing to be done this evening :]