Yes, it's boat maintenance time again! Did you know that fixed props are wrong for sailboats? We have serviced our feathering MaxProp many times, but this was the first occasion in 17 years that we had it professionally tuned. And you won't believe what we discovered!

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00:00 What's wrong with our MaxProp
02:04 Understanding hydrodynamics
06:21 Solutions (Why Fixed Props are WRONG for sailboats!)
07:55 Gearing
08:57 Greasing
09:58 Setting the pitch
12:24 Aligning the blades
13:57 And then this happened...

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