The "Sea Deuce" 65 Donzi hull #4 - SOLD!

Agreed. A+

Please tell us more about the Speed Prop goop. It was applied in the spring? Then shaft and prop work last week. You did not reapply any to the struts? Understanding that the shafts were serviced (props?), how did the spring time application on the shafts and props hold up?
I suspect little left but asking you and your ships results.

Thx, rc

We use Propspeed on all boats. It does an excellent job.

I've had different results. I don't find that it prevents barnacles, just that it makes it easier for the diver to remove them. I've found trilux does a great job on slower boats 23knot< cruise.

I wouldn't say prevents, just reduces and makes removal easier.

I guess it's the silt in all of our shallow / dirty water that kills the stuff during operation.
I have not witnessed it staying on the hardware well during short seasons for boats that operate regularly in this hood.
Some dock queens like it. Half dozen times a year their off the dock to go to a faguars game, idle speed loaded with loaded people.
Thx for the response,
rc

Electrolysis will burn any paint/coating off of running gear in a hurry. Part of it is probably the silty water by you and strong currents.

We're hearing that every marina in the path of the east coast snowbirds is full or nearly full right now. Quite a migratory season it seems. Many finding transient docks fully reserved.

Yep.
Nice and shiny.

So you run Airseps on one engine and OEM style filters on the other?

Well if it's worked for a long time I guess you keep going with it. But I would not want different filter styles. One turbo and air inlet feeds the front half of the engine and the other turbo/inlet the aft half. I would want to try to do whatever I could to make sure both are fed equally. But I guess as long as each filter type flows more than what the engine needs/wants in theory all is well.

Curious though why you have different types? Isn't it more convenient to have one type and then make carrying spares easier?

I'm to blame for that one. Over 10 years ago Bamboo was looking for a set of airseps for his engines and I had ended up with a set of almost brand new airseps from 16v2000's from a customer. I didn't realize that the 16v2000's utilize 1 airsep per engine and the 16v92's utilize 2. The airseps had the same opening size as the 16v92's. I drove them an hour to Palm Beach then we realized it. Bamboo spoke to his mechanics and they said they would work fine, so he bought them from me and have been installed for over 10 years now.

There's a good possibility I may steal that as a laptop background.

I visited my Donzi in winter storage this past weekend and I too have the larger flanged prop nuts and have them arranged same as yours. It wouldn't make sense any other way with the flanged nuts. So far, no issues with them coming loose (knock wood)!