Made it to liberty landing

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Don't listen to your mechanic. He is incorrect. Volvo Penta issued a service bulletin a while ago relating to propeller damage on IPS drives.

Below is a part of the service bulletin for damaged propellers (supplied by Steve Goetz).

Damaged propeller

Lower gear case undamaged

1 Repair or replace damaged propeller. Refer to section Propeller, replacement, Workshop Manual IPS

2 Remove the propeller shaft. Refer to section Propeller, replacement, Workshop Manual IPS

3 Check shaft eccentricity (runout). Place the shaft in a fixture. Attach a dial indicator and
stand according to the figure. Measurement (A) should be approx. 380 mm.

NOTICE! The indicator's measuring tip should rest against the shaft needle bearing.

Rotate the axle and measure any runout. Max. permitted eccentricity (runout): 0.04 mm.
Replace the propeller shaft if the runout exceeds this value.

4 Pressure test the drive to ensure no oil leaks are present. Refer to section Pressure testing,
Work- shop Manual IPS

5 Check the lower gear case parallelity with the VODIA tool. Refer to description on pages 6–8.

6 Check that the oil does not contain water (is gray in color).

7 Perform a function test.

Maximum runout allowed is .04 mm. I don't think this wobble can be checked without a dial indicator.
 
Mark,
He is IPS certified and trust me, if he can make money on this, he will. He wants to hook up vodia tool and run under load and see what it shows. He questions if diver knew what he was looking at. He checked oil and flow and vibration in Libery Landing when we were there as he just happened to be there as well. Small world!

I want to haul, I do, but he felt this was first step.

I will post more when I know more, but following his lead on this.
I had more vibration and less performance with the barnacles than I do with the prop bent, if it trully is bent!
 
Dave,

Now I'm beginning to wonder if the prop was bent in the first place!

Mark
 
Mark,
That is the thought. Boat did full RPM's with almost full top speed. He wants to see how much its vibrating and if both engines are performing the same under load when I cruise. We both know the IPS props look odd. I assume this diver was no idiot, but it's odd. He said it was mangled, mangled to me means you ain't going no where on it. He said it was curled under. Ok, there are different degrees of curled under too. We will see. Wish I had a underwater camera I could lower and actually see something!
 
Dave, I can always dive under and take a look at it for you. I may be at the marina tomorrow. You may have to turn your boat around in the slip to give me enough room to get under it. Let me know. I'll PM you with my number.
 
Got it Rob.
Thanks.
Water is nasty.
May go to hemlock this weekend.
Be better there I guess
 
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We then took Captree, which was a mistake but I wasn't leading at that point.
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This is exactly why I don't like ducks in a line cruising. Even experienced boaters feel obligated to follow mistakes.
 
I didn't follow his mistake, that is why it was good he was leading.
When he said he had 2' under his boat, I immediatly used my eyes, not my plotter to see.
You could see the shoal across the channel and the deep water closter to green buoy.

When boating your plotter can be your best friend, but also your worst enemy.
Whenever possible your eyes are the best way to see where to go.

Even after we passed that spot, I did not like where the caravan was cruising and I stayed further south in much more water than they were.

With IPS drives, I got alot more to lose than most!
 
Dave sorry I missed you in Haverstraw I was out in Huntington. I hope you had a good time and enjoyed your stay even if it was a short one!
 
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