Cavitation over half throttle....?
Posted: Tue 03 Sep 13, 19:48
Hi all,
Just bought DF800 #185 and had a great trip to her new home at Christchurch Harbour, UK. Just love sailing it!
However, under power, the prop had pretty bad cavitation at over half power. The engine is a Mariner 6HP 4 stroke long shaft. We couldn't get over about 4 kts.
Any advice or thoughts on how to sort it out please?
Thanks, Phil
Just bought DF800 #185 and had a great trip to her new home at Christchurch Harbour, UK. Just love sailing it!
However, under power, the prop had pretty bad cavitation at over half power. The engine is a Mariner 6HP 4 stroke long shaft. We couldn't get over about 4 kts.
Any advice or thoughts on how to sort it out please?
Thanks, Phil