VP Outdrive opinions please..

[Chris_d]

Just entering "bent shaft" and "oldgit" into the YBW search seems to produce a couple of anecdotes, without OG the list is endless!
Search results for query: bent shaft
I make that 3 bent shafts and a p-bracket on your own boat alone, sometimes the facility to tilt for clearance or repair without a lift out can be useful.

I think we should agree to disagree, but all boats have expensive stuff dangling underneath that needs attention.

 

[madabouttheboat]

Some anecdotes.



Just quick lick of paint and bit of maintenance should soon have this back under the water?

Shaft Drive boat annual haul mout.
Quick jet wash off , change anodes lick of A/F and back in we go.

and next up we have

Apart from the first picture, which is a boat getting on for 40 years old and quite possibly a project, the rest don't show anything to support your argument. I see drives, some in various states of servicing, but all perfectly normal. Even the first picture could have a thousand different explanations, none of which relate to drive reliability. Hell, I could show you a picture of one of my boats in the same state, but the drive was in perfect health.