[C320-list] Gori Propellers

[Jeff Hare]

Hi Tony,

It's a good propeller when motoring, very good when motor-sailing because of overdrive mode, and great under sail because it has very little drag.

It has as much power in reverse as forward because of the way the blades fold out.

Its pretty expensive, and has been a little difficult ensuring that Gori sells you the proper pitched blades for your engine/transmission combination.  

We can now sail along at several knots in light air when we would have had trouble making any headway speed at all with our previous 3 blade fixed.  

-Jeff
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Subject: [C320-list] Gori Propellers

Jeff 



I was looked the Gori props at the boat show.  How do you like it.

Tony   


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
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Sent: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 9:29 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Clean Propellers


The best cure for barnies on the prop is to use the prop.  If it sits it'll grow 
tuff.  Maybe run the engine in gear, fwd and back for a few minutes every time 
ou're at the boat. 
We had lots of prop barnies this year. Never had an issue in the past. Must be 
he unusually warm water this year in the northeast US. 
Anything that doesn't form a good bond with the metal will wear off within a few 
ours of motoring.  I grease the gears on my Gori 3-blade folding prop with 
hick marine gear grease and the gears are *totally* free of grease when I haul 
 mos later, and they are fairly protected.  I find it hard to believe that 
nything would stick to the blades themselves for long unless it had a great 
ond to the metal. 
My opinions of course. 
Jeff
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I used to have one zinc, but it was usually mostly gone at haulout so  
 went to two.  No paint or anything else.  Sounds like Paul has a  
ood idea, though.
Bob
On Oct 28, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Paul Rickman wrote:
> For the past 10 seasons I have used Desitin.
 Clean the shaft and prop and then just before going
 in the water I smear it on. I think it is the Zinc Oxide
 that makes it work. For $2.50 it gets the job done for
 me. Of course my boat is only in the water six months
 each year.

 Check at your local drugstore in the baby products isle.

 Paul
 Affinity 657






________________________________
 From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
 To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
 Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 8:21:28 AM
 Subject: Re: [C320-list] Clean Propellers

 Joe:

 I use nothing on my prop.  Do you have zinc(s) on your propshaft?  I  
 have two on
 mine and have perhaps two or three barnacles on the prop and shaft  
 at fall
 haulout.
 My boat summers in NH, ME, MA waters; if you're in warmer waters  
 that may be
 part of your issue.

 Robert Seastream
 Intuition # 906

 On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:32 PM, Joseph Aberdale wrote:

> Do you apply it to the shaft as well?  I assume you do not paint  
> the prop
> before applying it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Dingo Is Talent wrote:
>
>> I use this
>>
>> PropspeedT
>>
>> PropspeedT prevents marine growth from bonding to metal surfaces  
>> below the
>> waterline. PropspeedT works because it is slick, not because it is  
>> toxic.
>>
>> Application of PropspeedT is a simple two step process beginning  
>> with a
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>>
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>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
>> Aberdale
>> Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:57 AM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Clean Propellers
>>
>> Hello To All,
>>
>> The prop on my recently hauled C320 had a lot of barnacles (new  
>> owner).  I
>> just finished reading Nigel Calder's article on this problem in  
>> the Sept.
>> issue of Sail Magazine in which he mentions several products to  
>> remedy the
>> problem.  Does anyone have a favorite product among these?  Do you  
>> recommend
>> painting the prop with bottom paint first before applying one of  
>> these
>> products?  Mr. Calder's research shows that fuel consumption  
>> increases 50%
>> with "with just a few barnacles on the propeller."
>>
>> Thanks very much.
>>
>> Joe
>> #908
>>
>