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Question re prop
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Couple of days ago, returning to the jetty in the semi-dark, 4 aboard, full throttle, I passed through several large patches of seaweed (not deliberately!). The first few didn't cause a problem, but I hit one patch and the engine suddenly screamed its head off as if it had no prop attached. Throttled back quickly, all seemed OK, so set off again. Same thing happened a couple of minutes later, so I limped home very carefully. Cleared a bit of weed from the outboard leg on return, but otherwise no damage evident. Tested it the next day, and she will pull her usual speed at full throttle, so no permanent harm done, but I'd still like to know why. Can the rubber bush on the prop slip to prevent damage but return to full "grip" when the problem ends? I thought once it had done it's job of protecting the gearbox it was finished. Could it have been ventilation caused by the weed drawing air into the prop area? Happened to anyone else? Any thoughts welcome. 25hp long-shaft Johnson, approx 10 yrs old on semi-planing Ryds 17ft dayboat. Thanks Ixion |
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Question re prop
Yes its ventilation caused by weed wrapping around the prop.
polly bags are even worse (smashed the gears on a seagull on a Tesco bag). Dave 04/09/03 11:45:56 Hi All Couple of days ago, returning to the jetty in the semi-dark, 4 aboard, full throttle, I passed through several large patches of seaweed (not deliberately!). The first few didn't cause a problem, but I hit one patch and the engine suddenly screamed its head off as if it had no prop attached. Throttled back quickly, all seemed OK, so set off again. Same thing happened a couple of minutes later, so I limped home very carefully. Cleared a bit of weed from the outboard leg on return, but otherwise no damage evident. Tested it the next day, and she will pull her usual speed at full throttle, so no permanent harm done, but I'd still like to know why. Can the rubber bush on the prop slip to prevent damage but return to full "grip" when the problem ends? I thought once it had done it's job of protecting the gearbox it was finished. Could it have been ventilation caused by the weed drawing air into the prop area? Happened to anyone else? Any thoughts welcome. 25hp long-shaft Johnson, approx 10 yrs old on semi-planing Ryds 17ft dayboat. Thanks Ixion |
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Question re prop
"Nigel Rudgewick-Brown" wrote in message ...
Yes its ventilation caused by weed wrapping around the prop. polly bags are even worse (smashed the gears on a seagull on a Tesco bag). Many thanks Nigel - relieved it's nothing worse. Cheers Ixion |
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