Phil Rushton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian on Harnser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 9:34 PM > Subject: [canals-list] Re: Props > >>>> Incidentally there are pics of the prop etc amongst other things on >>> http://www.pbase.com/bjg/big_iron >> >> That prop looks like a fly on an elephants bum. I think I would go >> for a prop as large as possible and then if neccasery modify the >> skeg a bit. > > I think I would have described the prop as an egg whisk! > Brian, that skeg looks very substantial and best left untouched. > Someone must have been badly advised when they lowered the stern > tube!! > If you are fitting a new (and bigger) engine I am sure it wouldn't > cost too much to raise the height of the stern tube so you can get > the benefit of swinging a much bigger prop - think of all the fuel > you will save and the extra thrust!! > > Phil
An egg whisk is being too kind! I dread to think what happens if you need to stop suddenly... Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
