Magnesium for me.Yes. And those had best not be zinc. In Chicago they should use Aluminum or Magnesium.
Greg
Not perfect launch day…
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Greg
Congratulations on getting it working right!
Reading the ad for the prop, it reads as tho one can install it already assembled. Is that true? (IIRC, Their competitors brag about mounting their feathering props onto the shaft, right out of the box.)
Reading the ad for the prop, it reads as tho one can install it already assembled. Is that true? (IIRC, Their competitors brag about mounting their feathering props onto the shaft, right out of the box.)
Yep….came all assembled. You can adjust the pitch by changing a screw in the side of the prop.
But being curious, I took it partially apart to understand how the pitch screw worked… I didn’t realize I allowed something to move off the splined spindle I guess.
It really is a work of art.
Now I just hope I can beat the guy I sail with who was a folding prop…he told me his would be faster
But he has a foot of waterline on me, so I can use that as an excuse if I need one
Greg
I knew that.
I just can't get my head around these guys who sail in fresh, pristine waters and bring their boats back cleaner than I can get mine after the first scrub down of spring . And the their waters are bigger than the bits of ocean I manage to cover.
Once he pokes his bow outside the marina, he can sail over 300 miles in a straight line before touching a shoreline!
Ah so. Understood completely.
I have indeed "been there done that" and never even got the T shirt.
Yeah, i always said if the Great Lakes were about 25 degrees latitude further south, I'd spent the rest of my sailing years going nowhere else. But the sailing season is just too short.
dj
Yeah, don't hold your breath...Still hoping global warming extends the season in the Great Lakes
Greg
dj
This year there was virtually no ice on Lake Ontario. The most the bay I'm on could do was put up a little skim ice. The ice fishers were not happy. The snowmobile racers weren't happy. The eagles were fat and happy.Still hoping global warming extends the season in the Great Lakes
Greg
I'm on the Chesapeake... A bit far from FLNope. Wife and I just bought a house in South Florida (Gulf side) and plan to be snow birds for a while. Maybe I can someone who needs crew down there
Greg
.... But will be looking for crew once I get my boat rebuilt...
dj
no sharks but deadly!!!! great lakes black flies. GOD help you when you cross the lake on a low wind day.
they draw blood!!!
they draw blood!!!
Looks like a killing field in my cockpit for about 2 weeks a year…I have a fly swatter for each soul on board!
Greg
Down on the south end of Lake Michigan too.
..but we had a cold spell in mid-January where it was well below 0F, the ice in the harbor was freezing fast and the water was steaming. I had some rock hard ice in my bilge and my jug of pink AF was slush.
Thankfully, it didn’t last too long, and I was off to HawaiI shortly after taking these photos
Greg
How was Maui doing when you were there? The Lahina fire was a terrible tragedy. Did the Banyan tree survive?Thankfully, it didn’t last too long, and I was off to HawaiI shortly after taking these photos