Mounting arrangement for a propulsion unit

A mounting arrangement for a propulsion unit, comprising:

• an attachment arrangement adapted to attach said mounting arrangement to a marine vessel,
• a propulsion unit carrying arrangement adapted to carry said propulsion unit such that said propulsion unit is rigidly attached to said propulsion unit carrying arrangement,
• said propulsion unit carrying arrangement being pivotably connected to said attachment arrangement,
• the mounting arrangement further comprising a pivoting arrangement for obtaining the pivotable connection between the propulsion unit carrying arrangement and the attachment arrangement, the pivoting arrangement comprising a first pivoting element forming part of the propulsion unit carrying arrangement and a second pivoting element forming part of the attachment arrangement, the first and second pivoting elements being pivotably connected to each other, such that the propulsion unit carrying arrangement is pivotable in relation to the attachment arrangement by means of the first and second pivoting elements,
• wherein the propulsion unit carrying arrangement is adapted to receive a propeller shaft of a propeller drive, such that the propeller shaft is drivingly connectable to said propulsion unit, and wherein the propulsion unit carrying arrangement comprises a drive arrangement,
• wherein the drive arrangement comprises an input shaft being drivingly connectable to an output shaft of the propulsion unit and an output shaft being drivingly connectable to the shaft of the propeller drive, and wherein the input shaft and the output shaft are drivingly connected to each other, characterized in that
• the drive arrangement comprises a gear arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft, wherein the gear is a meshing gear, in which the input shaft and the output shaft are arranged non-concentrically and are connected via respective cog wheels arranged on each shaft, wherein the input shaft is having a rotation axis (rprop_in) coinciding with a rotation axis of the output shaft of the propulsion unit when the propulsion unit is attached to the propulsion unit carrying arrangement, and wherein a pivot axis (rpivot) of the pivoting arrangement is arranged to intersect a rotation axis (rprop_out) of the output shaft.