The reverse performance on Windburn was fairly bad for the first 30 - 60 seconds. The PO had the gearbox adjusted and was told everything was good, that it was an known issue on Atomic 4s.
The fix was switching the engine oil to Castrol 4 stroke motorcycle oil compatible with a wet clutch. After a couple of oil changes forward and reverse work well after about 2 seconds in gear, and after a motor in in forward reverse works well. I dock bow in, and previously giving a quick blast in reverse did little to stop us. The transmission and clutches on the Paragon gearbox are bathed in engine oil. Some of the newer motor oils have friction modifiers added that seem to work very well preventing the clutches from grabbing. I guess after a short period of time the pressure forces the thin film out and the clutch works. The original spec for engine oil did not require the friction modifiers, doubt they even existed, so the Castrol is a good choice. No idea if you have the same issue but I can get up to speed in reverse in about 1 boat length enough to have good steerage. If you are taking a bit of a run at it does it feel like you are not getting solid power for a few seconds? Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 > Another trick I use with the 30-1, (which is really crappy when backing - - - > what with the offset prop). My old slip was on a narrow channel and I backed > the boat in - start down the channel going backwards - get a little speed up > and > drive it like a car, facing backwards. Seems to work pretty well, and > can be stopped with a little blast of forward. When I docked before, I would > go up the channel, stop and then try to back in - didn't have enough way on > to get > effective rudder control. If I back in from a distance, the rudder > is already doing its job.
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