[C320-list] Neutral or Reverse

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

Give a deisel air, fuel and heat (compresion) and you have a running engine.  When sailing with the trany in forward once you get to 24.7 knots the engine will start.  Used to be how I started most of my cars...
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Quentin Murphy" <qmurphy at sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:10:10 
To:"C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Neutral or Reverse

Some have said "Neutral or Reverse", but not never "Forward".  Why not?
Does it damage the gearbox or cause the engine to suck in water through the
exhaust or what?

Quentin Murphy
Celtic Knot #667

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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Neutral or Reverse


Lots of discussion.  Little data.

Been too windy in the Keys to try to get data (25 gusting 30 is fun sailing
but too inconsistent to get data that will probably differ by decimal
knots).

Numbers, anyone?

Regards,

Don Dixon
Stargazer, #605
Washington Island, WI (C320)
Big Pine Key, FL (C270)