Rope cutter

Do you have a rope cutter fitted to your single shaft in board prop

  • Yes

    Votes: 16 64.0%
  • No

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • Planning to

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • No plans to

    Votes: 3 12.0%

  • Total voters
    25
  • Poll closed .

Mike k

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Interested to gauge the popularity on Single Shaft Driven Inboard boat.
Do you have it fitted or not or are you planning to.
 
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I have twin with rope cutters, Quickutter.

Single engine centrally mounted so less likelihood of picking up rope or net but still a chance but no other engine to run on if one gets fouled.

I have not voted. but I would have rope cutters fitted personally on a single and a twin.
 

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I have twin with rope cutters, Quickutter.

Single engine centrally mounted so less likelihood of picking up rope or net but still a chance but no other engine to run on if one gets fouled.

I have not voted. but I would have rope cutters fitted personally on a single and a twin.

Interesting that single engine has less chance of catching rope.
 

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Assuming we are talking shaft drive only.

If you look at a twin engine boat from ahead level with the props they are clearly in open water and therefore more likely to catch passing net or rope.

If you look at a single engine boat the prop is behind the shape of the bow and cant be seen or in the case of a deep V hull can only partly be seen and has a lower likelihood of picking up passing rope or net as the shape of the hull is more likely to push it away.

A lot of single engine boats have a keel extension or bar that runs from the keel to the lower rudder pintle so ropes and other debris are more likely to be kept away
 

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Assuming we are talking shaft drive only.

If you look at a twin engine boat from ahead level with the props they are clearly in open water and therefore more likely to catch passing net or rope.

If you look at a single engine boat the prop is behind the shape of the bow and cant be seen or in the case of a deep V hull can only partly be seen and has a lower likelihood of picking up passing rope or net as the shape of the hull is more likely to push it away.

A lot of single engine boats have a keel extension or bar that runs from the keel to the lower rudder pintle so ropes and other debris are more likely to be kept away

is this skeg helpful or would a ropecutter still be preferable?
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