Hi all.
My Carbineer 46 has a
Yanmar 4LH-DTE coupled to a
Kanzaki KM5A
gearbox. I gather the
gear box is mechanical rather than hydraulic but I may be wrong . I have a fixed prop & when I want to shut the
engine down and use sail only i have been turning up into
wind slowing to 3 knots then engaging reverse. This stops the prop freewheeling. Lately i have read a lot of reports that say
Yanmar gearboxes should be left in neutral. Now this causes a lot of
noise & I'm not sure if the
gear box is getting lubricated. Most of these reports relate to sail drives. I have googled and searched & cant find what is the correct procedure for my
gearbox. Now i am aware that a spinning prop causes less drag & that a shaft brake could be fitted. I will look into the shaft brake but in the meantime if anyone knows for sure what is the correct procedure please let me know. Now most of the time I
motor sail so i would not have caused any damage to date but I am intending to relax , slow down , sail more & save my
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