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Thanks for all the informative posts! I hope I never have to run at WOT as my boat is a single screw trawler. After 1500 rpm I see a very small increase in speed for a LARGE increase in fuel consumption and this fat old girl will never plane. Read an article by Tony Athens who is a bit of a...

I wish I would have purchased the new prop when I bought the boat. 2000 hours driving the boat with .5 gal/hr savings and diesel at $4 during that time would have paid for two props!!��

Ooops. That second series of numbers is off. Should be 6.6knts @1350rpm with 2.0gal/hr burn.

So I hit a rock and replaced my prop. I wanted a spare so I contacted Waterline Boats and Scott Helker told me that they had settled on 24X19 for the latest builds. Took the old prop off and it was stamped 24X18 but also had XXed out 16 and 17. Cupping was also XXed out. Looks like it was...

Thanks for the feedback. Looks like I'm getting the costs closer to average. The old prop has been re-pitched twice as the old numbers are xx-ed out. Called the major Helmsman distributor in Seattle, Scott Helker. He was traveling to Maryland but got right back to me! Told me all the specs...

Well , it's finally happened and we're stuck here for at least a week waiting for a new prop. Ro-sham-bo with granite and "rock beats scissors.":banghead: We don't have a spare so the old prop will be repaired and be our spare. The new prop will have a different pitch so will be an...

I had a similar problem and just posted my fix on the old post where I asked for help. My winch is above deck and has easy access . Take off the housing covering the motor and check your brushes. I had 4 and one was fused/corroded in place and not making contact. Got it moving and problem...

Wow! How time flies! We were headed for Washington DC when I posted this and are now on the Trent-Severn Canal in Canada. The culprit was a poorly positioned gasket on the housing covering the winch motor which allowed water in. The winch is above deck and has a horizontal shaft so was easy...

Pulled the anchor yesterday morning and the chain came in slowly then stopped! Got it in manually, got to our next destination and launched the anchor....slowly then it stopped again. Seemed like a week battery so checked the battery and at rest it was 12.68V. Topped of all cells and then ran...