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PerfectPitch prop
I knew my old fixed 3 bladed prop on my 28' S2 sailboat was in bad
shape so I was expecting to replace it when I hauled her. It was REALLY bad. Corrosion had got to it so bad that I could literally break a blade off by pulling on it and it had huge chunks out of each blade. So........I got on the phone to Performance Props and with the Yanmar transmission gear reduction ratio ordered one of their props by next day mail, plus a prop puller, plus the reccomended anti-fouling paint. From their description, I expected a thin bladed flexible plastic thingy of some space age resin. It got here today and I am sorta impressed and sorta worried. It isnt a thin plastic, it is a massive plastic casting, impressive. The blades are very thick and rounded on each face. The prop puller (for about $30.00) I coulda made myself outa 2 1/4-20 bolts and an alumimum bar but thats ok, small companies need their money and I really will use it. The directions said to sand it and paint it with the supplied anti-fouling paint. So, I sanded it. Opened the paint (for some reason they sent two cans) and it is white, huh? Read the can, it is some sorta zinc compound, non-toxic, hmmm. The paint does not go on very well and streaks badly so I paint several coats sanding lightly after each coat after waiting two hours tween coats. So, the prop goes on the boat tomorrow. New prop, new bottom paint, new zinc. Will it work better under power than my old 3 bladed prop? I'll let you know. |
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