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| D174812H |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 12:48:33
Anyone got any ideas how I can clear a fouled prop while out on the canal. Picked up a couple of discarded plazzy bags and weed and stuff. Managed to get back to the marina and use the slipway this time. But, had we been any further away we would have been stuck.
Mark Atkinson.
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| merlin |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 21:10:10
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Originally posted by df
Ah the joys of outdrives and a bathing platform, and being able to carry on with the other engine till it's convenient to sort the fouled prop.....
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| df |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 19:34:52
Ah the joys of outdrives and a bathing platform, and being able to carry on with the other engine till it's convenient to sort the fouled prop.....
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| Jimbo |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 17:18:37
When I picked up a tea towel around my outboard I used a very sharp Carving knife. Try to get one with a serrated edge a it will often cut better. You will need to tilt the engine up. Make sure that you use plenty of cushions between your chest anr the engine/transome. I did not ans became badly bruised. |
| df |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 17:12:58
I brazed one of the hooked stanley knife blades into the end of a length of copper pipe when I had an outboard, could cut stuff off from a distance fairly easily, put the blade at an angle so I could get a good straight pull on it.
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| D174812H |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 14:13:28
Cheers for that chaps. It's an outboard engine, but can't reach the prop from inside the boat. Waders or wet feet it is then
Mark Atkinson.
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| merlin |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 13:30:10
I use waders best thing I put on the boat
my first weekend out on the boat I was in the canal
three times clearing sh##t of the prop
was about ready to sell the boat, was sick of all
the crap thats in there prop, looks 50year old (new engine)
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| john-m |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 13:11:15
Or try and reverse it off |
| john-m |
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 13:10:42
Wet feet iam afraid. Easy if you have an outboard or leg as you can lift them up and clear. |
