Knucklehead of the week award goes to . . .

[JoeRobertJr]

Originally Posted by David1033

I always thought the 'going astern' sound signal was one long and three short blasts?

They are often heard together. The long part is "getting underway".

[Charlie]

Thanks Richard. I am near positive that I set the cogs incorrectly. You do have a good idea on how to check though.

[stormalong]

Going in reverse at speed is a lot harder on your steering gear and rudder. If your wheel or tiller gets away from you you could have some serious rudder damage. It also requires more attention and strength.

Fix it now.

[Kenomac]

Honestly Charlie, I can see myself doing the same thing. I wouldn’t have noticed that the blades were interchangable depending on the engine rotation. Good luck.

Ken

[wolfgal]

Thanks for posting this, Charlie. as someone who quasi-systematically inverts left and right, i'd surely do the same...

i do hope you find a way to manage it...

yet, quite honestly Charlie, if you call your friends and tell them what happened, they would surely offer to find another way to the game.

as we have learned from another thread: never be afraid to turn around, if it is the best option

this is what i'd do, for the safety of my passengers and my (beloved) boat

best to you!

[Charlie]

@ Stormalong The boat will not be travelling in reverse. Only the transmission.

@ Kenomac. The part I am upset about is that I was going to climb up on the boat and get the manual to make sure I was reassembling the propeller correctly but got interrupted so I forgot to do this. I know better.

@Wolfgal. This is not a dangerous situation. Just a silly problem. I don't have to motor backwards the entire way the transmission is just running in reverse to propel the boat forward.

[capt jgw]

Can't say for sure without knowing what model gear box you have, but most wouldn't care whether they're running forward or reverse. Gear ratio might be wrong though. You can probably reverse either the control lever or gear box lever to make it go forward for forward. On my Teleflex control you just pull one bolt to move the control arm to the other side to reverse it's action. Having it backwards could cause a problem on a panic situation.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by David1033

I always thought the 'going astern' sound signal was one long and three short blasts?

COLREGS 34

(a) When vessels are in sight of one another, a power-driven vessel underway, when manoeuvring as authorized or required by these Rules, shall indicate that manoeuvre by the following signals on her whistle:


- one short blast to mean “I am altering my course to starboard”;
- two short blasts to mean “I am altering my course to port”;
- three short blasts to mean “I am operating astern propulsion”


One long, three short is a towed vessel in limited visibility. (Rule 35 (e))

[StuM]

Originally Posted by JoeRobertJr

They are often heard together. The long part is "getting underway".

Under 34(g) in US Inland Rules, but not under COLREGS

[BruceS]

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went around cray pots withg a chap first trip after he replaced the seal behind the steering wheel on a HyDrive hydraulic setup. He swapped the pipes around and never tested it before we splashed it.
Several hours turning left to go right etc was a lot of fun!!

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by BruceS

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went around cray pots withg a chap first trip after he replaced the seal behind the steering wheel on a HyDrive hydraulic setup. He swapped the pipes around and never tested it before we splashed it.
Several hours turning left to go right etc was a lot of fun!!

Ahh did that once with an Edson where the chain is supposed to cross inside the pedestal. What a weird day that was.

[Charlie]

The trip to the game worked out really well. The boat definitley handles different. Prop walks to the right now. A little tricky getting out of my slip. But learned from it. Blowing like stink on the way there. Had a reef tucked in before we raised the main but decided against hoisting it. Sailed with jib alone on a one legged beat and hit 7 knots sometimes.

Docked pretty well too.

Game was great. Got to hear Tony Bennett version of "I left my Heart in San Francisco" which is only played if the Giants actually win. Rare these days.

Slipped out of the berth on my own at 0730 Sunday morning. Everyone else still in their bunks. I had to get back for a race. Docking was a little different with RH prop but worked.

Perhaps a noon hang from the yard next week to fix the prop.

Thanks for your comments

[JPA Cate]

Glad it all worked out okay.

Ann

[bhillmail]

Think of the hours you will be taking off your engine tally;-)
Ferris Bueller

[skipgundlach]

Our tranny is within hundredths of a ratio difference and is actually factory set up to have "normal" reverse be forward, for our LH prop.

A fellow owner said that he'd eliminated his propwalk by swapping to RH (move the lever from top to bottom orientation) operation. That made it 'standard' to the tranny (Hurth).

However, the propwash was very noisy on our offset-to-port shaft when the prop was turning right handed, hitting the skeg and rudder differently than in LH mode, so we put it back. Like you, we have a manually-changed setup. Our manual has the cone marking noted so that when we take it apart for lubing, we don't have to reinvent the wheel.

Off topic, sort of, have you ever lubed the prop in the water, using a Zerk and their special gun which takes a grease tube screwed into the receptacle on the bottom of the 'gun'? We really need to do that, as our haulouts are very widely spaced (though our engine hours are light)...

Here's a link if you aren't familiar with it:
https://www.amazon.com/Max-Prop-Feat.../dp/B00NX4EV6Y