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.
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)
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.
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.
Fouled prop
Posted - 12 Jun 2013 : 12:48:33
