| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1157.1 | glad I have one | UNIFIX::BERENS | Alan Berens | Tue Mar 01 1994 12:58 | 6 |
| We have a Spurs on a small (25 hp) inboard diesel. It cut through a 3/4"
nylon rope at half throttle with just a loud thump. It reduces our
anxiety level considerably when sailing through the endless fields of
lobster pot warps in Maine.
From the design, I'm not sure a Spurs would be adaptable to an outboard.
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| 1157.2 | not needed... | LEVERS::SWEET | | Tue Mar 01 1994 13:00 | 5 |
| The need for them on an outboard is much less because if you should
foul a line you can trim up the motor and take a knife to it
easily.
Bruce
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| 1157.3 | Ski ropes are expensive enough )-: | NOTAPC::BURGESS | | Wed Mar 02 1994 08:48 | 11 |
| re <<< Note 1157.0 by DANGER::BAUST >>>
> -< "SPURS" Line, Net and Weed Cutter >-
> Comments, opinions, etc???
Yes, please don't run over my line.
> Sue
Reg
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| 1157.4 | NOT JUST YET PLEASE | MR3MI1::BORZUMATO | | Fri Mar 04 1994 16:37 | 17 |
| The spurs would be nice to have, on any type of boat.
With the outboard a knfie may cut the line, but i would definitely
be concerned about seal and shaft damage. By the time you realize what
happemed the line is pretty taut on the shaft.
Nylon line will really raise hell, it also melts and is a real bit$h
to get off.
I have not seen any for an outboard, but i would call someone who
sells them, can't believe they let this market go by.
JIm
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| 1157.5 | Look at drivesaver for inboard | SX4GTO::WANNOOR | | Thu May 05 1994 21:58 | 10 |
| A month ago, we "ingested" a 3/4" nylon line into our propeller. It
broke the transmissin coupling off, destroyed the transmission and I
hope I hope did not damage my 1.5" prop shaft/cutlass bearing/engine
etc.
Spurs would have cut it free fine. Also, a "Drivesaver" flexible
coupling would have helped by shredding before damaging the
drivetrain...
We live and learn; expensively.
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| 1157.6 | Fouled Props | SALEM::GILMAN | | Tue Jul 26 1994 16:12 | 25 |
| What 'actually' happens when you foul a line with an outboard is the
following:
Your running along watching for pot warps on a windy day with
moderate seas. THUMP, and the engine is stopped. As you curse and
race to the transom to tilt up the outboard and unwrap the fouled
prop the boat is rapidly swinging stern to the seas and wind. (After
all the boat is now anchored by the prop). Now it becomes a race
between boarding seas over the transom and how fast you can get the
prop clear. If you have one of the modern outboards with the extra
low cut transom which makes boarding people easier (also boarding
seas) the race rapidly becomes 'interesting'. If your not fast and/or
lucky enough you could well wind up swamped.
I consider lines fouling a prop a potential SERIOUS safety hazard.
I have never been swamped in this manner, but one time I did get
drenched thoroughly as I worked the line free from the prop.
Fortunately my transom is build for a long shaft so I had extra free
board, and I needed every inch of it.
The line cutting gear on the prop sounds like an important piece of
safety equipment... expecially for an inboard.
Jeff
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| 1157.7 | | MCS873::KALINOWSKI | | Wed Jul 27 1994 13:10 | 12 |
| re .6
When it is blowing like stink, sometimes you don't hear a thing until
the engine slows/stops. About 3 seconds later debis that used to be
the float for the lobster pots bubbles up. Before the boat completes
swinging around, turn off the ignition, go to the aft end, and get a
hold of the line and pull it over to a stearn side cleat. Do this quick
before the boat loads the line. now the boat is at an angle to the
waves and you can go about major surgery to the offending line with
your handy super sharp knife. If need be, just cut the line. Of course
this is for lobster traps. try such a move on someone's anchor line you
just tripped is likely to get one into hotter water than said lobsters.
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| 1157.8 | Caught Lines | SALEM::GILMAN | | Thu Jul 28 1994 14:16 | 14 |
| I doubt that the "Lobstermans' Association" endorses the pot line
cutting method.......but, when its a WINDY day the seas are boarding
there is little choice unless you can unwind it from the prop, fast.
I found that on one occasion that the line got so tightly wedged
between the lower gear housing and the forward edge of the prop that
I simply couldn't unwind it. I cut it and retied the line, but that
wasn't on a windy day.
The idea about carrying the line to a stern cleat is a good one... you
could take that a step further and take the line all the way to the
bow and then you could hang there indefinately while you worked the
line loose.
Jeff
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