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A quick survey who trailers their boat with the motor in gear?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stinnett21" data-source="post: 504531" data-attributes="member: 27141"><p>A spinning prop also causes more drag. This is why long distance sail boaters lock there props when under sail. I think they have a special mechanism to do this. They can't put the motor in gear because the rush of water over the prop would turn the engine over. But...getting back to reality, I think some decent points have been raised above but I suspect a large percent of readers of this forum stand little to benefit from putting motors in gear. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's mainly only those motors trailered in down position that spin due to air rushing beneath the boat. In contrast I've never seen an I/O prop spinning due to the fact they are normally always raised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stinnett21, post: 504531, member: 27141"] A spinning prop also causes more drag. This is why long distance sail boaters lock there props when under sail. I think they have a special mechanism to do this. They can't put the motor in gear because the rush of water over the prop would turn the engine over. But...getting back to reality, I think some decent points have been raised above but I suspect a large percent of readers of this forum stand little to benefit from putting motors in gear. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's mainly only those motors trailered in down position that spin due to air rushing beneath the boat. In contrast I've never seen an I/O prop spinning due to the fact they are normally always raised. [/QUOTE]
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