Thank you. We 'live' on a mooring, so docking is not a regular activity for us. Our issue is a very tight channel into our harbor, with 9-10' tides, creating a current at mid-tide often strong enough to set the green cans on a 45 degree angle. When the wind is with the tide, it's not much fun. We hope the new 3-blade prop with greater pitch will allow us more power for all times of tide.
thanks again
mb
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi mboucher99,
>
> It might. I used the prop wash to make it easy to come into port
> (dock). The wash will be the wrong direction with a right hand prop. a
> simply switching into reverse forces the aft end twards the dock when
> coming into port making maneuvering much easer. Of course if you are
> not having to come into a dock or pump-out on the port side, this may
> not make a difference to you.
>
> Kevin Pemberton
>
> On 11/06/2010 06:54 AM, mboucher99 wrote:
> >
> > here's one for you all. i am about to upgrade our 2-blade, 12" dia x 5
> > (?) pitch prop with a 12 x 13" or 14, as has been recommended by
> > several of you. any other thoughts? the boat is a 27' sloop. the
> > current setup does fine in normal conditions, but is weak in strong
> > currents.
> >
> > today's question: does it really matter with an electric motor whether
> > i buy a R or L direction prop? forward is currently a left-hand twist,
> > but the setup runs more smoothly and quietly spinning left. can't i
> > simply reverse my switch and have it be a left-hand setup, or are
> > there other considerations - motor - PMAC controller - that i am not
> > considering.
> >
> > thanks! (again)
> >
>
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