Sailing Kicker Diagram How Far Past The Water Line, Does The Prop On My Outboard Motor Need To Be, To Be Effective?

How far past the water line, does the prop on my outboard motor need to be, to be effective? - sailing kicker diagram

for a sailboat 26 '. The exterior is mounted on a kicker.

5 comments:

Audio God™ said...

For an outboard motor to be effective (and avoid overheating), the anti-cavitation plate should be at least 4 "below the waterline at sea, all conditions. Our speedboat (Honda 15XL) Quasi in calm water is about 1 foot below the surface that is enough for the water to leave the inspection hole at any time, even in the age group 6 to 8 shafts.

Hope this helps!

BTW ... Saildrive is an inboard engine.

z-hag said...

on a boat through a Jack Plates slide in the transom, you need an extra long shaft or long shaft outboard motor.

Regular short axis will not work.

Mike D said...

You need a "Sail Drive engine, which has an axis of overtime. The cavitation plate should be below the waterline.

uncle_bo... said...

Level of the cavitation plate is adjacent to the bottom of the vessel (excluding keel) that will give the best performance from your engine, the propellers are "clean water" i, e, not by a change Waterra the fuselage. causes cavitation, poor cooling performance and low efficiency.
common. Find a good measure of the length of the rod from the top of the engine mounting plate, in our case, and the kicker as far forward above the bottom of the hull, keel.
If between 15 "-17", you need a short shaft.
more, then you need a long shaft outboard motor. Generally for up to 22inch
if your past, which until then you can have a very long wells, which are difficult to realize, however, available.
sincand performance in a sailboat is a key factor, this is only one rule to give you an idea.

stewpid said...

It is a good answer. the "anti-cavitation plate is the large flat plate in the lower unit. are not well preserved under water or water cooling the engine. They are in the ocean, you can still go through the waves can throw shit on the Water .

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