Arneson Surface Drive experiences

[ECeptor]

Anyone with Arneson drive experiences? I see them on the super fast boats and on larger offshore cruisers but nowhere else.
Because of less drag, are they more efficient than a Bravo? How do the come on plane? Anyone seen them in a 20-30' boat?

[Dkahnjob]

Anyone with Arneson drive experiences? I see them on the super fast boats and on larger offshore cruisers but nowhere else.
Because of less drag, are they more efficient than a Bravo? How do the come on plane? Anyone seen them in a 20-30' boat?
There's a 32' Campbell (not exactly a high-performance cruiser) called Electric Blue that was fitted with a high-performance hull and twin arnesons a long time ago. The boat lives in Havasu and is still used regularly, and it's the fastest 32 in the fleet by a huge margin. I believe it goes about 65mph, which is 20 mph faster than any other 32 Campbell in existence, and it throws a huge rooster tail. Very cool.

[Riverkid]

Maybe try getting hold of the Blown Away crew with the Formula from the bay area? They run Arneson's on their boat and they love 'em...

[spectras only]

Had experience with them back in the 80's. 28' Steve Jones offshore hull , single Ford 460 twin turbos .Bronze unit ,with chopper prop. Wasn't the best at docking maneuvres , a little slow on plane but threw an awesome rooster at around 65 max. I wouldn't go over 25' with single engine setup. There's a derelict 2350 Chaparrall in the yard close to me that I remember scooting pretty good in its glory days. There's another one here [ alu hull ] that's a twin setup with big HP .
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Haven't seen it going fast yet :wink: , has some engine issues [ blower engine ,blowing head gaskets :idea: :hammerhea ].