--- In [email protected], "dsavlin" <dsav...@...> wrote: > > I do the same. Lock tranny in reverse. I saw a post that suggested a > freewheeling prop adds more resistance compared to one thats' locked under > sail. Counterintuitive ? //leroy
> Dunno how significant this is, but in my Universal M-15 manual, it > states in all caps, underlined, and bold letters, never to put the > transmission in forward gear while under sail; always use reverse gear, > if you do not want the shaft to spin free. > > On Persephone, we do this to reduce wear and tear on the cutlass bearing > and the packing gland. It probably costs us a small amount of speed but > we're pure pleasure cruisers so we don't care. Our cutlass and packing > gland are both still in fine shape after 7 years of ownership. > > David > Persephone, '88 C27 > > > --- In [email protected], "new_horizons_64" <new_horizons_64@> > wrote: > > > > If it is not your prop shaft spinning free, it is most likely your > cutlass bearing rattling within its strut, which indicates that it's > failing and needs to be replaced. I had the same noise when mine was > failing. It sounded very much like the prop was free-spinning under > sail. > > > > --- In [email protected], "sharon_speller" unclesharon@ wrote: > > > > > > I had a new mystery noise coming from the stern cowling that is > connected to my blower hose. The noise happens when i am under sail, > engine off. All batteries are off. If im at the dock nothing. it sounds > like a motor whirling. the noise is coming from behind the engine. Near > the transmission and prop..... I think. > > > Could it be the prop? never had it happen before today. > > > thanks. > > > > > >
