I completely agree with Russ.
In your pictures I saw 3 anodes. The oldest of them quite close to the
strut. Some people do this to prevent the shaft from falling out of the
boat in the event of some catastrophic failure at the coupling in the
boat. Being as close as yours is may obstruct water
Go sailing! 😏. It’s survived a lng time the way it is. Congrats on the
purchase by the way.
Dave - 33-2
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> On May 4, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
> I'm posting this for reference, in case it is helpful to anyone. The prop on
> our new 35-2 is a Camp
Hi Shawn,
I suggest you don't do any improvements to the
prop or shaft right now. Use her for a year and see how it performs.
Sure, the blade tip clearance looks too small
(should be 15% of diameter) and the overhang
looks enormous but why not wait & see?
Moving the strut back is no small
I'm posting this for reference, in case it is helpful to anyone. The prop
on our new 35-2 is a Campbell Sailor 3 blade, marked 14 1/2 RH P16, on a 1"
shaft. It is driven by a 40hp VW diesel, through a Hurth 100 2.5:1
transmission. The engine does not have a tach, but I plan on adding one so
I can s