Abstract:
A stern drive unit including a stern drive leg fixed to the rear of an engine and including a part which is tiltable vertically and swingable horizontally independently of the engine, together with a rearwardly located elastomeric mount connected to the stern drive unit and adapted for connection to a boat hull for vibrationally isolating and supporting the stern drive unit from the boat hull and for providing a pivotal axis relative to which the stern drive unit is tiltable relative to the boat hull, an elastomeric part, a bracket fixed to the elastomeric part and adapted to be fixed to the boat hull, an arm fixed to the elastomeric part remotely from the bracket, and a jacking mechanism connected between the engine and the arm for tilting the stern drive unit relative to the boat hull while also supporting and vibrationally isolating the engine from the boat hull.