Afternoon All,
after going to the boat show at the weekend, one I've never understood,
why don't boats have gears,
I mean, you get in a boat which has an inboard, and give it some and all you are doing is revving the blx out of the engine, why can't boats have gears so that you can keep the prop spinning at the same speed, yet have the engine running at lower revs ?
Is it that if you tried to change gear the friction of the water against the prop would slow the prop down so much that the engine in a higher gear wouldn't be able to get the prop spinning again ?
Milan.
after going to the boat show at the weekend, one I've never understood,
why don't boats have gears,
I mean, you get in a boat which has an inboard, and give it some and all you are doing is revving the blx out of the engine, why can't boats have gears so that you can keep the prop spinning at the same speed, yet have the engine running at lower revs ?
Is it that if you tried to change gear the friction of the water against the prop would slow the prop down so much that the engine in a higher gear wouldn't be able to get the prop spinning again ?
Milan.
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