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Old 06 May 2010, 14:21   #1
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No more Yamaha Stern drives
As on Redbay web site.


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YMC (Yamaha Motor Corporation) have announced that they intend to cease production of the Diesel stern-drive, effective December 2010.

We at Redbay Boats are the largest user of the stern-drive in Europe, we have always found the Yamaha product to be superbly built and ultra reliable. This news is a shock to us and many in the marine industry but it is by no means the end of the Yamaha relationship. We are planning to forward buy several stock engines and YMUK have committed to providing spares and back up for 15 years.

We have just finished our latest demonstration boat'Corryvreckan' which was rigged with twin ME432 TRP (285 Hp) Yamaha stern-drives which produce a spritely 39 knots and are proving extremely fuel efficient.

Looking to the future we have already been approached by a number of Stern-drive producers all very keen to have us fit their product. We will now embark on a testing program of the other products available on the market and report back in due course.

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That's not great news - but hopefully the backup will continue as stated by YMUK.

Redbay used to fit a lot of Yanmars - the same block etc but prefered the Yamaha version - I think they liked the simplicity of the install, matched engine and leg.

Any guesses as to what the replacement at Redbay might be?

Yanmar?

Volvo?

Mercruiser/Cummins?

I guess it has to be a light, reliable, punchy unit that doesn't cost the world.
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Any guesses as to what the replacement at Redbay might be?

Mercruiser/Cummins?
Hey Willk...mech eng friend of mine has been working on /developing a new type of sterndrive for a boat builder in the UAE. The project was commissioned by the Sultan Owner due to ongoing reliability issues they were having with "American stuff"...from what he tells me it will be an interesting product when it is launched....but whether it will be cheap???

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Old 06 May 2010, 16:08   #4
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Mercruiser/Cummins?
You have to feel sorry for the poor guy who buys a boat a couple of years down the line with those dinosaurs in!
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Old 06 May 2010, 16:37   #5
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As on Redbay web site.

We will now embark on a testing program of the other products available on the market and report back in due course.

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Vovlo for sure.
The Merc diesels are not highly rated, neither are their displacement outdrives.
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other than Volvo I don't think there are that many viable alternatives unless Caudwell marine's axis drive with the Jag engine actual materialises.
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Old 07 May 2010, 10:40   #8
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displacement outdrives.
What's one of them?
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What's one of them?
It's an outdrive that is travelling very slowly because the UJs are going clacketaclacketaclacketaclacketa
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Ah, right, you sure learn a lot here!
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