Mud bug

A boat propulsion portable outdrive supported by an adjustable removable boom and controlled remotely through flexible sheathed cables, said outdrive comprising:

• an outdrive frame;
• a supporting foot and propeller removably attached to a tilt assembly;
• said tilt assembly being mounted on a vertical inner steering tube;
• said inner vertical steering tube being mounted for rotational movement within a vertical adjustment tube;
• said vertical adjustment tube having vertical movement within an upper tube guide and a lower tube guide mounted on said outdrive frame;
• one of said tube guides including a clamp which slides in horizontal slots, said clamp having a fastener, whereby tightening said fastener both locks said clamp in said slots setting the trim and locks said vertical adjustment tube within said clamp setting its depth, while permitting said inner vertical steering tube to rotate within said vertical adjustment tube for steering movements transmitted by one of said flexible sheathed cables;
• said outdrive assembly being remotely powered by rotation of a second of said flexible sheathed cables;
• said tilt assembly including a reverse lock pin which is controlled automatically by said rotation of said second flexible sheathed cable to lock said tilt assembly down in reverse operation, while permitting tilt while in forward operation;
• and
• said tilt assembly being tilted by a tilt arm which is remotely controlled by another of said flexible sheathed cables which releases said lock pin and locks said outdrive in a position tilted out of the water.