My outcome: After all the Volvo and IPS research, I was eventually able to go view two of the available boats. Decided not to pursue, not because...
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Thanks you, all, for the additional discussion starting with... And AMG's comment about triple IPS600 performance in a 54/60 is very useful....
I was eventually steered to two local Volvo-Penta servicing dealers, each with extensive IPS experience. Both have been very helpful, and I’ll...
Thanks, guys, very useful. And I'm in touch with some Volvo/IPS folks, getting better info now... so I'll get back with factoids... One I've...
Yeah, haven't tracked down local IPS specialists, yet... Partly due to lock-down, partly because the Volvo-Penta dealer locator doesn't speak...
I'll maybe have to rent a 12-year-old. :) The "deck seal" would be the "steering seal"? And the "one behind the prop" would be the "propshaft...
Heh. I've played a computer game with joysticks approximately 0 (zero) times in my life. Trying to occasionally aim our current spotlight with...
Thanks, Carl. I, for one at least, had read those threads... and a boatload of others from various places... but it's easy enough to have missed...
Happens I'm only just now beginning to consider the same questions about IPS... so factoids, informed opinions, adult-supervision would be very...
I don't know the waters or the fisheries out there, but... I'd expect a more usable candidate "sportfisher" might come from Viking, Hatteras,...
What is it about working for another guy on his boat that sounds attractive? Why not buy your own boat, be your own engineer... and captain, and...