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Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 04:20
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Have SeaTow bring you to the Bay of Fundy and do your work there.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 04:18
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Kedge up onto a beach. Then kedge back into the water.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 04:17
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Invite your closest 30 friends to a BBQ on the bow.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 03:23
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY RESPONDING TO THIS THREAD

The problem has been solved.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 03:23
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

You too. Read the first sentence of the entire thread.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2022, 03:22
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Read the FIRST SENTENCE in the entire thread:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f2/need-to-lift-my-stern-out-of-the-water-a-little-pillows-270313.html#post3703521

Now read post 74:
...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-11-2022, 16:18
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Thank you!

Exciting times. Try not to get too excited, but it’s really getting interesting now.

We put the front crossbeam in place today. It’s just hanging there. We still need to bolt it in...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-11-2022, 09:31
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Just to make sure nobody wastes any mental energy on this, it’s done.

Here’s the fix. There were two things wrong with the brackets. First, they put the motors too far aft. So the anti-cavitation...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-11-2022, 07:25
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

I hear you. Especially starting from scratch it’s really hard to get ahead of the curve.

Buying a pre-built boat makes it a little easier to get ahead of the curve.

Still struggling with the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-11-2022, 06:52
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

That’s how I’m seeing it also. The mats are my salvation.

I can’t lower the outboards anymore anyway. The power heads will start to be too low. They are as low as they get.

As far as the props...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-11-2022, 06:26
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

They were ventilating. So what about the rubber mats? Won’t that stop the ventilation?

I was considering the problem solved. At least most likely solved.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-11-2022, 05:46
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

I own that book.

But these are Outboards. There’s not very much I can change.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-11-2022, 03:10
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Yes, I have seen that design also. Those are very nice. Another great way to do it. It’s not for me because I want to keep the ability to raise the outboard all the way up to the deck level for...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 17:55
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Yes. I’m very excited about this improvement. The props always had a bit of a tenuous grip because of that ventilation I think it is called? They slipped too easily.

Now they should bite in like...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 17:41
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Well, of course. That’s not the right place to attach propulsion to a monohull (or catamaran).

Your boat was designed to have a propeller in a specific place. Not hanging off the back as the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 17:39
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

That’s the gold standard. I agree. Would love to do those. I have three weeks. Bronze standard for me for this winter. Ha ha
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 15:37
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

I don’t know. It hasn’t really come up. My sterns don’t typically go underwater because they don’t weigh anything and have a lot of buoyancy. They are supposed to have Diesel engines in them and are...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 13:08
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

That’s true. I wonder if those could work the same as the automatic bailing things on power boats.

Those work because the deck is above the water line though, right? Like they don’t actively pull...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 10:43
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

I definitely agree with this.

Do you want to know how fast I am moving on all of this stuff?

Already went to tractor supply and got a big thick heavy rubber mat.

About the only thing I’m...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 08:48
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

I think I have had a problem with that the whole time. I’ve done 1000 nautical miles on this boat as configured.

I definitely was sucking some air because I have the gouges in the lower unit to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 08:45
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

Gotcha. I didn’t understand fluid dynamics when I designed and built it either.

For that reason, I was thinking the same way as you. The smaller the hole the better. That’s why there is almost no...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 08:12
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

That seems to be the consensus here. And I’m really glad to hear it. This thing is only sees about 8 kn under power. The prop starts to slip after that.

Tell me why changing the outboard well...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 08:11
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

OK. Cool. And yes. That’s the whole point of my Outboard slides. You can comfortably just sit on the stern steps and do all the work you want on the outboards. It’s very convenient.

I just...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 08:09
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

What exactly do you mean by modified? Do you mean that you don’t understand what I’m doing? Where you are not sure what the background of the boat is?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-11-2022, 07:56
Replies: 84
Views: 5,618
Posted By Chotu
Re: Need to lift my stern out of the water a little. Pillows?

OK. But I don’t know anything about that stuff. And I have no idea how to dynamics work. And I don’t know if it’s going to ruin the performance of my Outboard or not.
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