Prop Wash question

[marcoalza]

I keep hearing that Prop Wash is helpful when docking / manoeuvring.

• Where can I buy some?
• How much does it cost?
• Is it easy to apply?
• Does it take long to dry?

 

[sasto]

Re: Prop Wash question

I make my own.....never knew you could buy it!

This is new to me!

 

[sasto]

Re: Prop Wash question

Hi Marcoalza, out of curiosity I tried finding the product you were looking for, no luck here.

Could be a situation related to prop torque, which is a form of prop wash. If your prop rotates clockwise in foreward and counterclockwise in reverse, I have found it easier to dock on the port side. Picture your boat looking at the stern....Imagine the prop is a wheel....that wheel turning counterclockwise will have a tendency to move your boat to the left....and visa-versa.

Good day!

 

[joed]

Re: Prop Wash question

These guys have similar stuff for cars, like blinker fluid and elbow grease. Maybe they could order it for you.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

 

[sasto]

Re: Prop Wash question

These guys have similar stuff for cars, like blinker fluid and elbow grease. Maybe they could order it for you.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

Thanks for the info, Joe. Filling out my wish list now!

 

[j_martin]

Re: Prop Wash question

You guys are stoopid. Any deck hand in the Navy knows what prop wash is.

 

[j_martin]

Re: Prop Wash question

One day at Great Lakes Naval Base we sent a Seaman Apprentice to Wave Supply for a case of fallopian tubes.

 

[jay_merrill]

Re: Prop Wash question

I make my own.....never knew you could buy it!

This is new to me!

Of course you can buy it! I get mine at the same place that I get my shoreline - Academy Sports, of course!



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[marcoalza]

Re: Prop Wash question

One day at Great Lakes Naval Base we sent a Seaman Apprentice to Wave Supply for a case of fallopian tubes.

Reminds me of my days as an Apprentice Car Technician, I was sent to the tool store for a Long Weight.

I was there for over an hour before I realised.:redface:

 

[jay_merrill]

Re: Prop Wash question

We used to like to send people to the Bo'sun Locker for a tin of relative bearing grease!



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[j_martin]

Re: Prop Wash question

Another memorable day was when we sent ET1 Bob Brown all over the ship looking for a power supply for a MX991/U.

 

[nlain]

Re: Prop Wash question

In the Air Force we used to send them for 100' of flight line.

 

[Guest]

Re: Prop Wash question

LOL when I was a chief mechanic in a truck shop we sent an apprentice out for a dozen cans of compression. About 1.5hrs later he comes back in and says he went to all the supply stores but they just told him that they sold out of it this morining. Needles to say alot of the suppliers called us up laffing their A&^% off.

When willthey ever learn that us older ppl are more on the ball then they are or ever will be.

 

[Gromulin]

Re: Prop Wash question

And in the telecom construction world, you tell the new kid to ask the (union) elevator operator to take them to the 13th floor and get a fresh bucket of dialtone. It's right next to the cable-stretcher.

 

[sasto]

Re: Prop Wash question

Marcoalza...you got me!

My first post was poking fun of you....then....I noticed where you were from... and thought I would help out. I went searching! I was curious!

Just goes to show...I'm never to old to be fooled.

I'll be watching your posts. I just may have some advice.

 

[eastont]

Re: Prop Wash question

In the old printing days, I got sent to the President's office to ask him where he kept the half tone dots........

He sent me to the production manager to get a signed purchase order for the particular department.....I even stayed late looking for those darn things....LOL

When I got the chance to "break-in" a new guy, there were even more things to look for....paper stretcher etc.

 

[j_martin]

Re: Prop Wash question

In the old printing days, I got sent to the President's office to ask him where he kept the half tone dots........

He sent me to the production manager to get a signed purchase order for the particular department.....I even stayed late looking for those darn things....LOL

When I got the chance to "break-in" a new guy, there were even more things to look for....paper stretcher etc.

I'm old enough to have fallen for the "type lice" prank.

Linotype slugs in a galley would be spread apart, and a little water poured in to cause the type lice to come out. When the victim was intently looking for the lice, the perpetrator would slap the linotype together, splashing the victim in the face.

That would make me older than dirt.

 

[FFScott6]

Re: Prop Wash question

ROFLMAO!!!!!

I needed a good laugh this evening!

 

[26aftcab454]

Re: Prop Wash question

my 1st day at an aluminun fab shop they had me looking for an Aluminum Magnet.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: Prop Wash question

We used to send apprentices for packets of rivet holes, big weights, long stands, buckets of condensed steam and a whole lot more.