Rope cutter

[jandane]

Some have tried it, all fear it: To pick up a floating rope with the propeller and have it wound 50 times around the shaft, before the boat stops.
On the Danish LM site, a member has posted some pictures of a device being able to cut ropes, and the owner had not notished anything before the boat came on ground this autumn.
It can be bought on this site: www.gruendl.de/shop/index.php?stoken=BEF05B7D&force_sid=&lang=0&cl=search&searchparam=tauwerkschneider&searchcnid=
and in German it is called "tauwerkschneider"
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[Charles]

If this is the device which is a combination of rope cutter and anode, then I fitted one before the start of last season. It wasn't very expensive, but it wasn't there when we lifted out in October and I have no idea when or why it detached itself, so I am dubious about trying it again. Has anyone else tried it?

Charles

[tonyp]

We were considering fitting one of these this winter; a clamp on Prop-Protector. The problem we have is the length of shaft available for fitting it. We have 23mm of shaft between the prop and the stern bearing, which happens to be the minimum space for one of these, while still allowing adequate clearance for water still to get to the stern bearing. Since the engine is on flexible mountings (Bukh 24) this space will obviously be reduced when going ahead. So we are are having to decide whether to replace the prop or "shave down" its front face to increase the length of "open" shaft. Can anyone tell me how much the engine moves forward on its mounts when going ahead?

Tony