Thread: Folding or feathering propleller, practical experience?
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Default Folding or feathering propleller, practical experience?
In article ,
Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 6 Mar 2007 12:36:06 -0800, lid (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:

In article ,
Charlie Morgan wrote:
My prop is a fixed, three-bladed type. It has less drag than any folding

I've got one very similar to that.

CWM

I do also, but I hardly ever use it.

My slip is a half mile up a narrow channel with a lot of traffic. It's
widely frowned upon to sail either in or out. It wouldn't be much fun
anyway.

There are a couple of marinas here that have the same frown factor. A
couple of them outright ban it, of course, in an "emergency" there's
not much they can do.

However, I was referring to the prop on the outboard that hangs on the
transom. g

I was as well. Regardless, it's not just a "frown factor" here. The LEO's will
"pull you over" for it.

Last time I sailed into a marina that forbids it, we had no choice. I
called ahead so they wouldn't have a freak out.
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