Marine power propulsion assemblies

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A POWER AND PROPULSION ASSEMBLY OUTSIDE A BOAT HULL HAVING A TRANSOM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A COMPARTMENT WATERTIGHT AT LEAST AT THE SIDES AND BOTTOM THEREOF, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID COMPARTMENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSOM, AS AN EXTENSION OF THE HULL, A MOUNT ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO DETACHABLY SUPPORT A POWER PLANT VERTICALLY IN SAID COMPARTMENT, AN OPENING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF SAID COMPARTMENT BELOW THE HULL WATERLINE, A SOCKET CONSTRUCTION MOUNTED IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID OPENING, A BALL CONSTRUCTION CARRYING SAID MOUNT ASSEMBLY AND RECEIVED IN SAID SOCKET FOR UNIVERSAL MOVEMENT THEREIN WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPARTMENT, A PROPULSION ASSEMBLY DISPOSED BELOW THE BOTTOM OF SAID BALL CONSTRUCTION, DRIVING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID PROPULSION ASSEMBLY AND POWER PLANT, SAID DRIVING CONNECTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BALL AND MEANS SEALING SAID OPENING TO MAINTAIN WATERTIGHTNESS OF SAID COMPARTMENT.