Tag: Max-Prop

Do as I say, not as I do…

May 14, 2012

I must eat my words.  I jinxed it.  I should have known better.  A few posts ago I mentioned that Chris & John checked over the Max-Prop and transmission to confirm that the transmission reduction was what I thought it was and that the prop should, in fact, be set up for right hand rotation. 

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Poco a Poco

April 19, 2012

That means “little by little” to those of you with worse Spanish than me. Well, Chris is 4 – make that 3 days into “Spring Cleaning 2012” and I’m reminded of that old saying “Two steps forward, one step back”. Monday started off with a step back after Chris’s flight to D.C. was cancelled.  Tuesday

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If we must use the motor…

February 25, 2012

I dislike motoring a lot.  I don’t like the noise, it is boring, and I don’t like the pollution.  While there have been numerous boats that have circumnavigated without a motor, to go without now requires the utmost patience, and really you have to not need to be anywhere ALL the time, no exceptions.  That

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