Winter projects

[Ken Juul]

Pulling the boat for a couple months this winter.  Will give me the time to do some projects.  Was thinking about adding a line cutter just in front of the prop.  Would add a flex coupler at the shaft coupler to add enough length.  Will the line cutter be effective at the relative slow speed the shaft turns?  Been looking on line, can't find much info on them with regard to sailboats.  Anybody have any experience with them?

[Roc]

Ken,
There is a C380 at our marina with these line cutters connected to the shaft.  The way I noticed the cutters is the bright red stickers on the boot stripe signaling 'caution, line cutters on prop'.  If you're not really looking for them, they could surprise you if you grab the prop.

[Ron Hill]

Ken : Just remember that the further aft of the strut that the prop is mounted, the more wear you put on the cutless bearing.
The rule of thumb is "one shaft diameter" - which in our case is one inch.  A thought.