rope/net round outdrive

[gjgm]

Well, guess it had to happen one day.
In fact it was only loading up the tender with the bbq feast that I noticed it, so I dont know how long it has been there.
Dead calm in Priory Bay, but I wouldnt like to try to sort this out at sea, though I guess needs must etc.
Anyway,between front and back prop only, and I think I have 99pct of it off, but there maybe some strands between the two props.
There is some washer in there isnt there,so can I live with this for the next 6 weeks before lift out, or do I need to get lifted and checked sooner?
All seems to run ok.

 

[Piers]

I take it you have outdrives, in which lifting the leg should enable you to remove the props without having the boat lifted. All you'd then need is the tool to remove the props.

 

[MapisM]

between front and back prop only, and I think I have 99pct of it off, but there maybe some strands between the two props.

I'm not sure about what you actually found and did, based on this description.
If the rope was visible, and you removed 99% of it, I guess you couldn't remove some strands because they were stuck inside the small space between the hubs of each prop.
In which case, I'd definitely try to remove the 2nd prop and clear the remaining parts stuck inside.
Without doing that, how can you tell how much of the rope is possibly rolled around inside, creating friction with some parts?
The fact that the boat seems to run fine is good news, but it could not tell the whole story.

 

[epervier]

Well, guess it had to happen one day.
In fact it was only loading up the tender with the bbq feast that I noticed it, so I dont know how long it has been there.
Dead calm in Priory Bay, but I wouldnt like to try to sort this out at sea, though I guess needs must etc.
Anyway,between front and back prop only, and I think I have 99pct of it off, but there maybe some strands between the two props.
There is some washer in there isnt there,so can I live with this for the next 6 weeks before lift out, or do I need to get lifted and checked sooner?
All seems to run ok.

Get it checked sooner, I had this problem a couple of times with One Away, albeit, fishing net one time and fishing line the second time, it buggers the oil seals between the two propshafts, water ingress, turns the oil into liquid mayo

The job is easy enough to do, but in my case the seals were a VP only product and the seals for each leg were 60-70 squid that's just for the small ones, the larger seal at the rear of the frd prop were ok.