[C320-list] Prop recommendation

[wflowe3 at aim.com]

 If I understand you, this would require pulling the boat annually just to maintain the prop?
Bill


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
To: c320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 4:20 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Prop recommendation


Kenny:

 

Kiwi three blade prop (a feathering variety) has worked for me for 6 seasons
as a replacement for a fixed three blade. Reduced prop walk, quicker
stopping and improved reverse power, and fast sailing speed recovery
following a tack. It was also the least expensive and lightest weight of the
options considered.

 

It is NOT maintenance-free, and requires yearly greasing on each blade and
two hub points. After my first winter this became a fall winterization
activity as freezing temperatures over that one deformed the o-ring at the
base of two of the blades. You can watch the greasing process displace water
that has found its way into the prop over the sailing season.  

 

Brian Amirault

797 Waltzing Bear, too  



---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection 
is active.
http://www.avast.com