Jake I have never thought about rotating the shaft so the blades are vertical. I had sort if assumes that once feathered, the drag would be the same irrespective of position. You must also keep a lot less junk in the lazarette than I - making it easy to access the shaft!
I do know that I will often shut down the engine while in neutral and then start feeling the vibration from the spinning prop. At that point I just put the transmission in reverse and the vibration stops. I have always assumed that the blades would feather at that time. -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT On Aug 9, 2013, at 20:20, "Jake Brodersen" <captain_j...@cox.net> wrote: > Jonathan, > > I position the prop to the blades are both retracted (i.e. the pivot pin is > vertical) before we start racing. That way both blades are fully retracted > for the lowest drag. I ran into a situation this summer when we were > motorsailing. I shut down the engine, but the prop was still free wheeling > at about 7 knots. I dropped the transmission into reverse. The prop > stopped rotating, but I wonder how good this is for the transmission. > Maybe I should have shut down the engine in forward instead. > > Jake > > Jake Brodersen > C&C 35 Mk-III > Midnight Mistress > Hampton VA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:36 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: [SPAM]Re: Stus-List transmissions in gear while sailing > > We have covered this subject before. I thought that the "take-away" was that > with feathering props it is necessary to put in gear ( reverse) in order to > feather). Since there is no more turning force on the transmission caused by > the prop, it is safe to leave it in reverse while sailing. This is what I do > anyhow! > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 13:16, Jimmy Kelly <kellyjimmy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> in gear while sailing not recommended...however often prop does not turn > while sailing &transmission not turning.....put in neutral is best idea... >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
