As I was heading in to the marina I thought I caught a crab pot. ClunkThud! I put her in neutral. Inertia kept us moving as usual so I figured I wasn't dragging anything.
At idle I ease it into forward and it's OK, she rev-ed up fine. Great.
I try reverse and it feels like something is wrapped around the prop. (2 blade Max prop): out of balance but able to back down none the less.
After tying up I test: FWD is fine, reverse puts large load on the A4, out of balance feeling, but still is pushing water. I did this very briefly only to collect some data and at no more than 1K rpm. When reverse was engaged @ 1k rpm she dropped to 500 rpm.
Could a rope or something wrapped around the prop render this scenario? OK forward, no joy in reverse? or.....?
At idle I ease it into forward and it's OK, she rev-ed up fine. Great.
I try reverse and it feels like something is wrapped around the prop. (2 blade Max prop): out of balance but able to back down none the less.
After tying up I test: FWD is fine, reverse puts large load on the A4, out of balance feeling, but still is pushing water. I did this very briefly only to collect some data and at no more than 1K rpm. When reverse was engaged @ 1k rpm she dropped to 500 rpm.
Could a rope or something wrapped around the prop render this scenario? OK forward, no joy in reverse? or.....?
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