Prop walk, improved but not eliminated
I switched from a 2 blade to a 3 blade Kiwi feathering prop. Prop walk is reduced but there still is some.
The Kiwi has a very severe pitch in reverse, this plus the 3 blades, pushes enough water to get the boat moving, which gives you steering control.
But the water is still bouncing off the hull, the shaft angle hasn't changed, there is still some prop walk.
With the 2 blade, I used to use a spring line off the stbd stern around a dock cleat to back out of a slip, but always got hockles in the line at the dock cleat and would have to dump the line overboard for retrieval later. Worked, but not very practical.
Later I started backing out of the slip to port all the way to the fairway. But I had an individual slip and it was narrow, so not the same situation. I am no longer in a slip so can't compare.
A pole to run the spring line around instead of a dock cleat, might work a lot better (no hockles).
I switched from a 2 blade to a 3 blade Kiwi feathering prop. Prop walk is reduced but there still is some.
The Kiwi has a very severe pitch in reverse, this plus the 3 blades, pushes enough water to get the boat moving, which gives you steering control.
But the water is still bouncing off the hull, the shaft angle hasn't changed, there is still some prop walk.
With the 2 blade, I used to use a spring line off the stbd stern around a dock cleat to back out of a slip, but always got hockles in the line at the dock cleat and would have to dump the line overboard for retrieval later. Worked, but not very practical.
Later I started backing out of the slip to port all the way to the fairway. But I had an individual slip and it was narrow, so not the same situation. I am no longer in a slip so can't compare.
A pole to run the spring line around instead of a dock cleat, might work a lot better (no hockles).