I'm not sure what you feel as prop wash. If you are feeling vibration then check for rudder shaft play and/or the blade coming loose on the shaft. Rudder tubes do get worn.
Having the water flow from the prop directed at the rudder is very desirable. It's what gives an inboard its great maneuverability boost over an outboard. If you're transitioning from an outboard one of the first things you'll want to learn is how to turn the boat in its own length. Until you do you will always feel slightly intimidated by not being able to turn the outboard, and once you get it down wanting to turn the outboard will seem silly. You should have all the family members that take the helm learn how it is done. Almost all low speed & docking maneuvers are a variation of this one simple skill unique to an inboard. Since you don't need steerage way to maneuver anymore you can easily plan windage, current, and drift into docking and simply align the boat and slip right in. If you've ever watch the movie Captain Ron, that docking maneuver at the yacht club was just an advanced variation of turning the boat in it's own length. I've done a very similar maneuver successfully with my brother's IP38 with no practice time, it all gets easy once you can clock the boat around. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Derek Atkin Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Atomic 4 Operation Characterstics in a C27 Being new to an Atomic 4 and a c27 I was looking for a little feedback on how these two work together. I do notice that when I am under power I do get some vibration in the boat, its not excessive - but not sure if this should be 100% smooth. When I bought the boat the cutlass bearing had a very small amount of play in it. I figured I would replace it next season and align the engine. I also notice a fair amount of prop wash in the rudder while under power - is this normal? Any other observations or things to check? Thanks Derek.- 79 c27 #4297 Selene [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
