scrubbing the props - this ok?

are they antifouled? You may find you will remove quite allot of the antifoul which just means you have to do it more regularly!

No alternative really though. Had mine lifted for a clean yesterday and it was a proper fouled up mess. They were only painted in June.
 
symondo said:
i assume its fair game to life both legs to take a long handled scrubbing brush to them to give them a bit of clean of weed/growth?
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The difficulty is cleaning the rear of the blades.

I found mine caked with Chichester Marina's finest tube worm a couple of weeks back, so no alternative but to raise the legs, remove the props and clean them.
 
Questor said:
The difficulty is cleaning the rear of the blades.

I found mine caked with Chichester Marina's finest tube worm a couple of weeks back, so no alternative but to raise the legs, remove the props and clean them.
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Often thought of doing that, but worry about losing the prop or nuts over the side, do you have a technique or just hope the bits don't slip out of your hand.
 
Scubadoo said:
Often thought of doing that, but worry about losing the prop or nuts over the side, do you have a technique or just hope the bits don't slip out of your hand.
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No special technique, just take your time. You will need to jam a piece of wood between a blade and the leg to crack the retaining nut. The nut is the most likely thing for you to drop, so just be careful with the last few turns.
 
you can lower netting beneath the props to give some protection from fumbling hands. I also tie the tools to the davits with a long piece of string.
 
Scubadoo said:
Often thought of doing that, but worry about losing the prop or nuts over the side, do you have a technique or just hope the bits don't slip out of your hand.
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To be honest, this is the first time I'd done it whilst hanging over the bathing platform, but it had to be done.

I've got the 290dp legs, and the most difficult thing was undoing the nut in the cone, followed by undoing the cone, followed by undoing the locknut behind the outer prop. Probably because I'd done them up so s*dd**g tight when I put them back on whilst last out.

Putting the drives into gear saves the need for wedging (and no doubt dropping) pieces of wood in between props etc

Re dropping bits, I've heard of the upside down umbrella idea, but it was lovely summers day, and just didn't happen to have said umbrella to hand.

You just have to be very careful when taking the cone off not to drop it or the plastic washer. The props, locknuts, line cutters are quite easy as they slide over the shafts.

I found that sticking the plastic washers to the cones with some grease when refitting made things easier.

On reflection, I wouldn't want to do it at sea, but in the marina, it's not really a problem.
 
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Usually do ours while having a swim when at anchor.

Got stainless props so a quick rub with one of those wet and dry sponges removes all fouling.:encouragement:
 
enterprise said:
Usually do ours while having a swim when at anchor.

Got stainless props so a quick rub with one of those wet and dry sponges removes all fouling.:encouragement:
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I can reach my props from the bathing platform, so no need to remove them. As you we have ss props so quick going over with wet and dry sponge = shiny props :)
 
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