daz969w
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To keep the prop safe from fouling the bottom of a canal what would be a safe draft... leg down. The boat in question is a Fletcher 19 gts 1.7 ltr diesel
Hope this makes sense.novice here
Draft question on a fletcher 19 gts
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To keep the prop safe from fouling the bottom of a canal what would be a safe draft... leg down. The boat in question is a Fletcher 19 gts 1.7 ltr diesel
Hope this makes sense.novice here
moonraker 36
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fit a prop guard.
but you should'nt be near the bottom with the fletcher.
the arse end will dig in when you give it a little throttle,but you would be going too fast for canal work anyway.
the canal i'm on depth of water is 6-9foot,whats the depth of the canal you will be on?
but you should'nt be near the bottom with the fletcher.
the arse end will dig in when you give it a little throttle,but you would be going too fast for canal work anyway.
the canal i'm on depth of water is 6-9foot,whats the depth of the canal you will be on?
tinkicker0
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I reckon you will be looking at around the 1 metre mark, providing no shopping trolleys or bedsteads are on the bottom.
Many canals are around 4 foot deep IN THE MIDDLE.
Look on waterscape.com to find out the depth of the canal you are thinking of using.
IMO a canal is not really the place for a 19 foot fletch with outdrive.
http://www.waterscape.com/things-to-do/boating/guides
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moonraker 36
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4foot deep in the middle...jesus thats not a canal thats a puddle!!
daz969w
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5 to 6 feet i think. Will use on gravel pits where all the water skiers go. Rivers and some canals for cruising on tick over. I am not going for the 5.7 ltr but the 1.7 diesel for lighter work.
landlockedpirate
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Your engine weighs around the same as my 4.3, and my draft is 90cm. Allow 1m and you should be OK, but to be safe I use a cheap 3 blade aluminium prop when I'm using the boat on rivers.
lovezoo
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Something to bear in mind is that your depth gauge (assuming you do in fact have one fitted) should show the depth of water under the keel of the boat, rather than the total depth. This is definitely worth checking as if it is correctly set up, you can safely operate at low speed with practically nothing showing on the depth gauge. Just make sure you have trimmed the drive up and as others have said, watch out for shopping trolleys.
CX54WEK
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We keep our boat on the Fossdyke and on a good day we have about 5ft or 6ft in the middle of the channel, much less in the edges. Our boat has a 3ft draft and we dont have too many problems with touching the bottom. If we do it is mostly soft silt so doesnt cause too many problems other than the embarrassment of going grounding.
We tend to run with the drive trimmed to 0, however the Fossdyke is in the middle of nowhere for the majority of its length so shopping trolleys etc dont tend to be a problem. When we went through Nottingham we trimmed the drive as far as it would go and i sat on the bow to lift the back end further to avoid the majority of the crud in the bottom.
We tend to run with the drive trimmed to 0, however the Fossdyke is in the middle of nowhere for the majority of its length so shopping trolleys etc dont tend to be a problem. When we went through Nottingham we trimmed the drive as far as it would go and i sat on the bow to lift the back end further to avoid the majority of the crud in the bottom.
We have a 2007 one on brokerage at the moment down here at Parkstone Bay and it's a very pretty little boat and I bet it's pennies to run.
Not rocket powered getting on the plane, but on a trial it managed 35 knots trimmed out and three up.
You won't need that on the canal, but it's a great little cruiser.
Tom