I’ve only ever been on my Catalina 30, so maybe this is a common problem but I didn’t see a thread on this yet -
There is so much prop wash when motoring it takes 2 hands and a tiring amount of work to keep the boat from turning to port. It has been like this since I bought it. I have a fixed 3 blade prop and the 25hp universal. I believe this is why I have a broken wheel pilot as well. It’s that bad. If I let go of the wheel for a second the boat will be a doing a 180. If this is normal and can’t be repaired I am going to sell the boat.
Maybe this is related, but more of a question. Assuming my tach is correct, the engine easily runs at 3000 rpms. This is good because even turning 3000, I can’t get more then 4.5 knots out of it. Is this normal?
I don’t know the prop dimensions, but I’m wondering if my prop does not have enough pitch, which may explain some of the prop wash, or could the prop wash be due to an engine mis-alignment?
Some reports on how other Catalina 30’s handle while motoring would be a big help in diagnosing this.
There is so much prop wash when motoring it takes 2 hands and a tiring amount of work to keep the boat from turning to port. It has been like this since I bought it. I have a fixed 3 blade prop and the 25hp universal. I believe this is why I have a broken wheel pilot as well. It’s that bad. If I let go of the wheel for a second the boat will be a doing a 180. If this is normal and can’t be repaired I am going to sell the boat.
Maybe this is related, but more of a question. Assuming my tach is correct, the engine easily runs at 3000 rpms. This is good because even turning 3000, I can’t get more then 4.5 knots out of it. Is this normal?
I don’t know the prop dimensions, but I’m wondering if my prop does not have enough pitch, which may explain some of the prop wash, or could the prop wash be due to an engine mis-alignment?
Some reports on how other Catalina 30’s handle while motoring would be a big help in diagnosing this.