is Your Prop Slowing You Down? 🐌 | (Max-prop) Boat Maintenance Ep 340
March 05, 2023 by followtheboat | Language: EN Play Time: 00:15:47 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Yes, it’s boat maintenance time again! Did you know that fixed props are wrong for sailboats? We have serviced our feathering Max-Prop many times, but this was the first occasion in 17 years that we had it professionally tuned. And you won’t believe what we discovered!
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00:00 What’s wrong with our Max-Prop
02:04 Understanding hydrodynamics
06:21 Solutions (Why Fixed Props are WRONG for sailboats!)
07:55 Gearing
08:57 Greasing
09:58 Setting the pitch
12:24 Aligning the blades
13:57 And then this happened…
🎞️ TOTAL REFIT SERIES: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoE3FmplhAXNsNWWZ6iTMzYYwKVtDanCr
HOW WE STARTED SAILING
5 REASONS NOT TO BUY A SAILBOAT
5 REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A SAILBOAT
HOW MUCH TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
ARE YOU TOO OLD TO SAIL?
HOW TO BUY A SAILBOAT
THE BEST SAILBOAT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
🎣 Liz’s Top 3 Fishing Tips
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