Fouling the slime line

[Bouba]

Just watched a boat catch the slime line (lazy line) it left him helpless despite no end of advice from all around. The capitainerie rib spent an hour trying to contain his out of control bow until the diver arrived suited and booted. I believe he tried to take too sharp a corner rather than wait for the big boat in the channel to move. A salutory lesson for all Med berthers.
My question is it more likely that his outdrives hooked the rope in a way a shaft wouldn't?

 

[Portofino]

My question is it more likely that his outdrives hooked the rope in a way a shaft wouldn't?

Nah -- 6 of one 1/2 dozen of t,other

There's duo props -may act like a rope cutter if enough rpm at the start ,slow as in marina then they will just wind up and stall the engine (s) .Engines on sterndrives being lower in torque than shaft drives due to them being generally sub 6 L .

It's poss to lift the leg ( if that function works ?) ,but to reveal what and where --under the swim platform inaccessible ?

Shafts --- remember rudder(s) and the gap between props n rudder highly snag -able place .
Generally bigger more weighty props with a bit more oomph behind and only one per axial -show if caught early enough ,mabe poss to reverse a tad ? ---dunno never done it yet !


Did it with a duo prop outdrive in Port Cros ,very windy -trying to get on the jetty ,Completly 8allsed it up ,was hard reving at the time ,one up t,other down and cut a couple of other secure lines - did not snag ,rev,s dropped a bit and a twang as the lines flicked up .
Got a few sharp words from French -- well they thought they were safely tied up ! ---oops .Until I cut there bow lines .
In the interests of not furthering already frayed nerves ,we sped off as I was not going to attemp the place a 2nd time .
Allready put a "show " on for the audience .

Luckily -no apparent damage ,but did notice the gap between the two props of the offending leg a little wider .
Boat was sold a few weeks later .

So that's once in a unfamiliar place in high winds in a v tight spot /berth

 

[kashurst]

Its easily done on a breezy day. Outdrives and outboards are more likely to catch them but not impossible with shafts.
I had a good idea a few years ago with my slime line. To stop it getting all slimy and gungy I looped a fender rope around it to keep most of it out of the water, especially over the winter months. Brilliant idea - no slime!

roll on a year or two and one day I forgot to undo it before setting off. It made a terrific bang when it snapped. Fortunately no one near by. I wasn't too popular with the marineros that day.

 

[jfm]

You mean the ground line, not the slime line/lazy line, which are very hard to catch in a prop unless you're seriously ham-fisted. Or do you mean he actually snagged the lazy line, which I guess wasn't lying on the seabed as it should have been(?)

On hitting your neighbour's ground line, if that is the question, i'd agree it's 6 of one vs half dozen of other, as regards shafts vs outdrives

 

[Bouba]

You mean the ground line, not the slime line/lazy line, which are very hard to catch in a prop unless you're seriously ham-fisted. Or do you mean he actually snagged the lazy line, which I guess wasn't lying on the seabed as it should have been(?)

On hitting your neighbour's ground line, if that is the question, i'd agree it's 6 of one vs half dozen of other, as regards shafts vs outdrives

You are probably right as far as it being the ground line. But since it was on a small boat there is a lot of excess slime line hanging off the boat i couldn't be sure.
And Portofino, this was in Porquerolles. Don't worry i won't tell them your name��