"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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So you're talking about pitch of the prop as inches per revolution and
not pitch as angle of the prop shaft?
That's going off on a tangent as those talking about pitch angle in this
thread are talking about the angle of the prop shaft from the horizontal
or at least that's the impression I got.

Wilbur Hubbard

You are confused then. Propeller pitch is the distance a prop would screw
itself forward in one revolution if there was no slip.
I noticed from your earlier post that your 'bluewater yacht' has an
outboard on the stern. ROFL


Sails, my boy, sails. Ain't no motor sailer in the world that can cross the
Pacific under power. A motor needs only be used to get into or out of port
when there is no wind. The rest of the time it can be removed from the
transom and stowed safely away below.

Wilbur Hubbard