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Use forward then . . . 
In Response To: Yanmar now says no on reverse. 
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() All right, use forward then . . . if you have a feathering prop, a few seconds in gear either way will feather the prop and then you can shift back to neutral.
Works for us, anyway. Water pressure on the prop is not likely to turn over a diesel engine!
--Karl
S/V Mabel Rose
Messages In This Thread
- How would you stop a prop from turning?
- Yanmar in reverse
- It's called a shaft brake
- With a Max prop (or Flexifold Gold folding prop), you shouldn't get any spin
- So with the right prop, don't worry about it, eh.
- When working, any feathering or folding prop should "de-tune" itself
- So with the right prop, don't worry about it, eh.
- The guys in Maine use a lobster pot or some fishing line wrapped around it. Keeps it from spinning every time.
