Re: P19 Outboard Mount Height?
Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:31:15 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 08:06:57PM -0400, JBlumhorst@aol.com wrote:
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> I want to make sure that it's in the middle position for normal
> sailing, lower-than normal for heavy seas conditions (prop should be
> a little deeper than normal) and prop out-of the-water clearance in
> the raised/stored position.
One of the concerns about having the prop too deep in heavy seas is
that the motor casing can get buried in a following wave. This
happened to me, once. On the upswing the prop would come out of the
water (I do have a long shaft). Interestingly enough, the motor
didn't quit even though it was actually almost submerged for
about a second....
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