What did you do to your boat today

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• raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,588 admin

  March 2022

  I am not talking about barnacles or growth. I am talking about just not being shinny. I don't see what the big deal is about that.

  2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,992 mod

  March 2022

  Yours look fine.  On mine, the blades feel like 150-grit sandpaper by the end of the season.  It's like some sort of calcium deposit.  

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  raybo3 said:

  I am not talking about barnacles or growth. I am talking about just not being shinny. I don't see what the big deal is about that.

  Hey, truck drivers polish their chrome stacks because they look good!

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  @Handymans342 polishes his chrome exhaust tip on the RV so he knows why!! LoL!

  2008 330EC

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• YYZRC Member Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022 edited March 2022

  Handymans342 said:

  Hey, truck drivers polish their chrome stacks because they look good!

  
  

  Post edited by YYZRC on March 2022

  2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay

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• raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,588 admin

  March 2022

  Handymans342 said:

  raybo3 said:

  I am not talking about barnacles or growth. I am talking about just not being shinny. I don't see what the big deal is about that.

  Hey, truck drivers polish their chrome stacks because they look good!

  You can see the stacks, you can't see the prop's when in the water. It's a total waste of time...lol

  2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com

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• Ian Member Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Said the same back years ago when guys were chroming everything under the hood of their hot cars. Going down the road blowing them away they could only see big tires and chromed exhaust tips.

  Regards,

  Ian

  The Third “B”

  Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

  https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,992 mod

  March 2022

  Search "propeller polishing" ...
  
  "A smooth, clean, and shiny propeller that’s properly maintained is critical to establishing optimal fuel efficiency."
  

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• raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,588 admin

  March 2022

  @LaRea that's crap, makes no difference at all. Absolutely ZERO. Man you love to over think things....LOL JK I agree about barnacle's, growth, dings, but not discoloration. If the surface isn't smooth I agree that's a problem also but shinny for the sake of shinny makes no difference and is a waste of time if you keep your boat in the water all season. 
    

  2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  I would think the smoother the surface, the less of a chance for something to start to grow on it.

  2008 330EC

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,992 mod

  March 2022

  @raybo3 I guess you didn't read what I wrote.  It's not just discoloration.  My props feel like sandpaper by the end of the season.  (Actually more like 220 grit, not 150.)   
  
  Whatever ... I can prove you are wrong.  With clean props, my boat hit 45.4 mph.  You go ahead and think whatever you want, and I'll go ahead and clean my props every spring!     
  
  (Now stop trolling me!  Bahahahahaha)

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• YYZRC Member Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Don't worry about @raybo3 - he doesn't like hardtops, either.
  

  2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay

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• raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,588 admin

  March 2022

  @LaRea I guess you didn't read my post. I said if your props are rough that's a problem. In a lot of cases discoloration is just that, discoloration. So no you cannot prove me wrong.......... Just say'n

  2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,992 mod

  March 2022

  I can prove that I overthink everything.  

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  We have such problems...

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• mattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  FYI - lol
  
  Shinny = informal hockey game or "that kid likes to shinny up a tree"
  Shiny = very clean or polished surface.
  
  I vote for clean props. But mine are at eye level all the time in 'rack & launch'.

  246BR, 276BR, H310BR current

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• raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,588 admin

  March 2022

  Wow @mattie your going to bust balls over a missed typed word??? Don't forget who has the ban button.... Bahahahahaha JK

  2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Why do all the go fast boats have nice shiny props??

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Handymans342 said:

  Why do all the go fast boats have nice shiny props??

  I think because most of them are trailered and not kept in the water.

  2008 330EC

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• Lake_Bum Member Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Guys love to tinker on their boats, and shiny props are a huge part of OCD on the cleaning end of things...

  2000 Captiva 232 
  

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• Ian Member Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  aero3113 said:

  Handymans342 said:

  Why do all the go fast boats have nice shiny props??

  I think because most of them are trailered and not kept in the water.

  They look pretty when on the trailer. 

  Regards,

  Ian

  The Third “B”

  Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

  https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  Ian said:

  aero3113 said:

  Handymans342 said:

  Why do all the go fast boats have nice shiny props??

  I think because most of them are trailered and not kept in the water.

  They look pretty when on the trailer. 

  The last two pics are of the safety boat.
   I was told that a guy was wiping down the props on the race boat and sliced his hand up pretty good, right through a pair of leather gloves 😳.
  
  
  

  
  

  2008 330EC

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,992 mod

  March 2022

  For high-end racing applications, I read that props with a satin finish slightly outperform a super-smooth mirror finish.   

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• Ian Member Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  LaRea said:

  For high-end racing applications, I read that props with a satin finish slightly outperform a super-smooth mirror finish.   

  You’d thing that would provide a slightly better bite on the water. 

  Regards,

  Ian

  The Third “B”

  Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

  https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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• Willhound Member Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 2022

  I think it has something to do with the microscopic vortices created by the satin finish...so yeah, more bite !

  "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
  2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)

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• goalie59 Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭

  April 2022

  I replaced my main engine impellers, removed the rear ac, painted floor , next step replace rear ac unit. Was a long and busy day 

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2022

  Over achiever @goalie59

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• goalie59 Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭

  April 2022

  Hey Ras. Just trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. I think it is a lost cause . Well at least it is keeping me busy. Ha ha 

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• oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭

  April 2022

  Took the boat out the water to check and replaces the outdrive zincs.

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• J3ff Member Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2022

  I do that stuff in the water lol... you would be horrified to see how beat up my zincs are!! 

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