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Along with the box jelly-fish, great white sharks, salt water crocs and blue-ringed octopus...... Maybe, but this tangent is getting a little carried away from the topic of zincs and I really don't think the rays in San Francisco Bay compare with what I agree are certainly more dangerous Australian...

bcooke wrote:Okay, harmless to non-knuckleheads.

I can confirm that stingrays are not harmless here in Australia, knucklehead or not!! Along with the box jelly-fish, great white sharks, salt water crocs and blue-ringed octopus......

I suspect a fixed three blade prop is just a whole lot of drag period. Yep. The same stuff that makes it push so good when turning also makes it drag when stopped. Note: a turning prop creates a lot of drag too. And nothing is for free so those generating amps will load up the resistance even more....

Thank you all. I finally managed to get onto the local Bukh dealer here and the advice is that for their engines it does not matter in terms of wear on the gear box. They are splash lubricated so it's really only the additional wear on the stern gland and cutlass bearing. I may sail around generatin...

Hello, I hope my newly acquired boat qualifies as a plastic classic. East Coast 31 built 1980 in Australia (probably not old enough) To my question:- This boat is fitted with a fixed three blade 16" prop and a shaft alternator which generates anything from 0 to 5 amps sailing. Does the shaft fr...