Save-A-Boat - The Forum for Plastic Classic Rebuilds!

Now, don't take this wrong, but I really don't think you'd ever see any noticeable or measurable reduction in drag from removing the prop from a Westsail 32. Hmmm, interested to hear you say that. I have no idea, of course, but I'd assumed that the drag from my existing monster prop would be signif...

Yeah, I read Baldwin's article a while ago. But that wouldn't work for me... a full keel and keel-hung outboard rudder means there's nowhere for the outboard to go down through the hull. Plus one benefit I'm looking for is to stop dragging a huge wheel through the water when I'm sailing.... ie. take...

OK, thanks again for all the advice on re-commissioning my Yanmar 3QM30 on the hard. The engine is now (apparently) running, thanks to the liberal application of cash.... I ended up grounded by flu, and since I'm staying in a temporary furnished apartment while I wait to get her launched (I'll be li...

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the responses! Sorry for the slow reply, but internet time has been cut into by annoying distractions like work, flu, and that darned hunk of plastic in Svendsen's boatyard... ;-)

Right now I've got the yard looking into the tranny... :-(

Ian