Where I race, it is not a penalty to have a folder/featherer, the base rating assumes that you have this.
A credit is granted from 3-12 seconds for a solid prop based on type of prop and mounting. Having raced with both a solid prop and a folder on the same boat, I can tell you that the "penalty" is well worth it. On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Gary Nylander via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Wow! That is a serious penalty. It is three to six around here. Three if > in an aperture and six if out in the open. > > And....the Flex-o-fold is a geared prop so the blades open together and > close together. I have not heard of any of them not opening, unless they > have been sitting around so long that they are encrusted with > junk/barnacles so bad that they wouldn't work even if they were fixed. I > deliver boats for our museum's donation program and have run into a couple > which were so dirty that the prop was just a blob of crud - no thrust. > Didn't make a difference if it was folding (they weren't) or not. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* D.J. Platt via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *To:* Alan Lombard <alan.lomb...@sympatico.ca> ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2015 10:35 AM > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Folding/feathering Props > > Towed in a few boats with props not opening from our club. If you race > the current penalty is 12 seconds per mile. Don't care for them myself. > > *From:* Alan Lombard via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:10 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Folding/feathering Props > > Hello Gary, > > I too have a C&C 30 and am debating either a Gori or a FlexoFold. Do you > remember what size Flexofold you have, and can you comment if it seems the > right size. The recommendation Flexofold have made to me is 2-blade > 15x11R. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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