Question about outboard powered cats

[SV WELDER]

Originally Posted by henryv

On my PDQ32 i drilled a hole in the latch for a small line that I ran down to a small pulley and then up and out the side of the housing where I attached a 1 inch diameter ball. To release the engines you just had to pull on the ball. When they drop down they latch automatically. It was simple and worked well.

So what was their design intent from the factory? Sounds like you were thinking just along the same lines as i am, okay lock automatically which is good, but then did they intend that you open the hatches and unlock them by hand when retracting? And aren’t they way down in a hole?

[henryv]

Yes they originally did require that you opened the lid and reached down to release the lock. I doubt that many owners would have left it that way as it was less than ideal.

[sailingchiro]

The older Gemini's actually had line from rudder to rotate the outboard with the rudder.

[CMNZ]

Originally Posted by smj

Ours has the black aluminum tube in the picture that lowers and fits into the pod. Very sophisticated!
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Interesting solution. Am I correct in assuming that the pod hinges at the front and the whole pod lowers with the outboard fixed in place?

[smj]

Originally Posted by CMNZ

Interesting solution. Am I correct in assuming that the pod hinges at the front and the whole pod lowers with the outboard fixed in place?

The pod pivots from about 1/3 of the way back from the front of the pod. And yes, we usually leave the outboard fixed and just pivot the pod, but you can tilt the outboard slightly then pivot the pod to really tuck it up to the bridgedeck