How To Install A MaxProp Propeller With Molly & Ben | Sailboat Story 193

In this video, we install our Maxprop propeller. Prior to this video we removed the propeller, cleaned off the old antifouling paint, degreased it, and added 2 more degrees of pitch. Now, we put it back on the boat. Thankfully Molly is on the job to ensure that the entire process goes smoothly.
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[@Sailboatstory]

We're neck-deep in boat refit projects so lend a hand by sending an Amazon supply drop! 🛠⛵😅 OUR AMAZON WISH LIST: amzn.to/3sQEf9t HUGE thanks to everyone who has contributed to our crazy project in one way or another. We appreciate you and look forward to getting this boat put back together and heading for the horizon. -BTM

[@ironmaster4467]

Your a good dad taking the time to patiently teach your daughter. That is quality content!

[@graeme-sailingskeptic]

This! 🖕👍👍

[@johnyassouw]

NeXT time Molly can do it al by herself. She's good . 👍 💪. Greetings from the Netherlands 🌷🌷🌹💐

[@thepigwillfly5869]

Glad to see you and Molly spending time together and enjoying it. She is a great kid!

[@Sailboatstory]

She's the best!

[@petegilbert6886]

Molly is such a breath of fresh air and a great swabby too! Hope she feels better soon 😊👍

[@gebi4pejo1]

It’s almost child play, what great kid helping her dad..❤️

[@grovertn867]

Encouraging Molly to participate in "hands on" repairs will pay dividends down the road. Good parenting.

[@paulwyand6204]

One of my proudest moments as a parent was when we were on vacation my step daughter's car broke down. She could see it was a coolant pipe leaking along the front of the engine. She took measurements and made a drawing (in the days before cell phone cameras) and she went to the auto parts place I frequented. She was able to get the part, replace it on her own. I asked her how she did it, and she said "watching you." She was around 17 years old at the time.

[@Sailboatstory]

That's a cool story. Good job, Dad.

[@paulwyand6204]

So I guess that makes it "Molly" grease! So impressed on your last video she was back threading the screws to make sure they were engaged. She seems to have a very natural mechanical sense! Glad to see she does more than just hold a flashlight.

[@stinkybisquit]

Such a bad pun, it’s good.

[@paulwyand6204]

@@stinkybisquit well I am a Dad, so I can make dad jokes legitimately.

[@glip]

Awesome Video . . . . You should do more step by step jobs videos. You explain yourself very well and its interesting to understand the reasons.

[@Sailboatstory]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@jameswilson1573]

Love the way you empower your daughter. Your are a really cool Dad.

[@raepeterson7949]

Ben is so patient with Mollie! Love watching the videos :)

[@jasongrinnell1986]

Y’all are both great parents.

[@MrA1582000]

Your manner of teaching Molly should go viral. Not only does she learn but she is developing great self confidence. Such a lucky girl.

[@stinkybisquit]

Oh, please go back with Ben, Mollie! You’re a blast. And it always amazes me, that such small propellers do a good job driving a huge boat.

[@Nerd3927]

I really hope Molly will keep working with her dad on the technical stuff. There are quite a few hints of her engineering skills. Wonder where she got that from? :-) Great Job Team!

[@jeanmariebernard6730]

Super vidéo enrichissante pour l'enfant. Bien cordialement👍👍👍

[@danieloliver20]

Great job Molly, you and your dad did ALOT of work on the boat!

[@honnepon157]

Molly. keep up the good work 👍

[@Sailboatstory]

She will, but it's tough work keeping Dad on track.

[@svlolalouise9763]

Molly is really coming out of her shell Great to see

[@bluecamel547]

I hate watching people work on their boat!...However you and Molly made this a very entertaining .....Good job !!

[@sailingsv2ndwind482]

Hi Ben. you know Molly is the star right...? well done another great video. cant wait to see you guys back in the water.

[@chuckklima807]

Way to go Dad, make learning fun! 👍

[@panther105]

Good thing Molly was there. Looks like a 4 hand task at the end..

[@arqcm]

Molly ROCKS!!!

[@N93DF]

You three are an adorable family! Love watching your progress and adventures. Get well Molly.

[@georgewood8691]

Great job Molly!!! Hope you feel better.

[@markbouchard525]

Thanks for more great content !!! I hope Molly is feeling better !

[@yvesst-jean6395]

nice team work

[@billturner1240]

Poor girl.... I hope you feel better soon

[@PepeDeezNutz]

Great job Molly!

[@franktartan6808]

He loves his wife and he loves his daughter!! Great relationship with Molly!! She will know that boat inside and out, and be able to fix it. Since you did so good with the alliteration, I will pass it to you to do now. Sorry I have been remiss in my alliteration duties. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!

[@bcapi3751]

Awsome job Molly!

[@shaunoakes6803]

Great blog I really enjoyed it ... see ya next time 😁⛵ "Melbourne Australia"

[@meestahwah]

I so enjoy watching your family. Thanks for sharing the adventure.

[@dutchglobetrotter4513]

A couple of years back I helped Britican on a haulout in Trinidad, I remember wondering for at least 15 minutes how that prop worked.

[@scs130773]

Hey Ben, I've outfitted my boat with an A/C like that 12,000BTU, during the day due to the sun hitting the deck, it would really heat up which I would imagine any A/C would have an issue with. Solution I found was to order a triangle sunblock which is attached via bungie cords to the life lines creating shade on the top deck. The difference is night and day.

[@richardhobbs7107]

Sean - You have found the most beneficial ingredient for keeping any space cool. Block the Sun ! ! ( shade ) Then you add your A/C or Swamp-cooler or Fan or ice chest filled with sub-cooled beverage . . . . . . Yup ! night (no sun) vs day (hot sun) . . . . . . DOH !

[@scs130773]

@@richardhobbs7107 Ha, you saw what I did there!

[@AccidentalSailorGirl]

Kids are the best thing in the whole world. You guys are a great team 🤗❤️

[@murrat]

That's the prop that was on Sealight. It had amazing thrust and I recall 2200 rpm brought me to hull speed.

[@Sailboatstory]

What kind of boat as that?

[@davidalbright7335]

The grease you showed from disassembly of your MaxProp is exactly what the grease looked like at the disassembly on two of our MaxProps. The grease in the new tube has a yellowish tint but is primarily a white grease, containing calcium, I believe. On a side note - that grease is an excellent antifoul. We ran for a year with no barnacles, by rubbing it on the body and blades every few months (underwater). I picked up on this when the hull was grown up but the areas where the squeeze-out on the prop had no growth.

[@davidalbright7335]

We have the same LED fixture, from your Amazon haul, in our galley. Prepare to have extremely bright light. If yours are exactly the same, you can rock the rocker switch twice and it will produce a softer, more yellow light. We love ours.

[@Sailboatstory]

That's interesting to hear. So the white grease turns green instead of the green grease turning white. What are you using as antifoul on your propeller now?

[@davidalbright7335]

@@Sailboatstory right now, we are using algae and barnacles. Hahahaha. I ordered a product from a reputable company, when we hauled out last year, that was supposed to be equivalent to Propspeed. Turns out that it attracted growth. I removed it on the next haulout and sprayed rattle can zinc spray on it. So far, so good. We have the three-blade MaxProp Easy. We can change the pitch in the water by replacing the set screws with shorter or longer screws. Ours has an insertable zerk fitting, for recharging with grease. They are really innovative at PSI. Your helper was doing a fine job. I struggled with my old two-blade MaxProp and had to get help (I was all thumbs with the grease).

[@southerntexashomestead5028]

We had one of those A/C units on our sailboat while on the hard in Trinidad. It did not cool much for us. We bought a window unit that we sat in the companionway. It had more BTUs and worked better. Still really only cooled the main salon & galley of our 48 ft sailboat. We had to rent a room at Peaks Marina for a couple of days till we splashed again. We had a max prop on our boat also. That brought back memories of our work that summer. ♡ Glad to see Molly helping so much and willing to learn new things. She is a great helper. ♡ God bless.

[@georgekot6377]

Ban, I've watched all your videos as I have been here from the start. By far the best part of all of them combined is is at 23:05.

[@gyomtu]

Excellent job (about the video) I do not know anything about propellers :)

[@MrA1582000]

Your teaching with Molly should be shown

[@ralphcooper6985]

Enjoy the times won't be long and Molly will have her own sailboat. They grow way to fast.

[@damonsails3450]

You are really smart and seem very mechanically inclined! Were you a small engine mechanic at any point in your life? I love your refit videos😃

[@kb1esx]

Thanks for the shout out. 😁

[@Sailboatstory]

You're more than welcome. Oh - and the boat's name is not Soteria. We're undecided on the name, but we have to make a decision soon so we can get the documentation process started.

[@scs130773]

Oh and feel better Molly!

[@jimslittleboat4388]

That propeller looks like a mighty expensive piece of machinery.

[@Sailboatstory]

Tis indeed. It's not my style, really, as I prefer things to be simpler, but it came with the boat so we'll put it to use. There's also a fixed blade prop on the boat as well that we'll keep on hand as a spare.

[@sandymackenzie8413]

Yep. She seems to be an awesome young lady. Enjoy it. But saying that, you are so good with her. Respect to you both.

[@montanadan2524]

Ben, last week when you were working with the coupling, I saw what looked like a brake disk. The boat has a break on that shaft to keep to keep it from spinning under sail? Hope to buy your family dinner sometime, we just missed you at Titusville. S/V Drifter

[@jstmv]

About your AC problem.... That type of ac unit has to be mounted with no more than 4 feet of hose distance. The fan inside is not is not powerful enough to draw in cool air at greater distance. Therefore it cannot cool properly. Move the AC and you will probably see a vast difference. I live in south FL and I have been using them for a long time.

[@Sailboatstory]

I'm aware of that limitation, but have not tried a relocation of the unit. I tried shortening the hoses as much as possible by taping the extra length together with the blue tape wraps near the hatch. I don't have many options for relocating it, but I suppose I can try running the hoses to a portlight or one way or another trying to drastically shorten the hoses to see if that makes a difference. Thanks for the insights. I'll try that on my next trip down to the boat.

[@jayrosenthal3343]

Enjoy watching your family and your adventures. Just a question on the reassembly of the maxprop. Are you using some form of thread locker in the reassembly?

[@Sailboatstory]

All the bolts have cotter pins locking them into place. No liquid threadlock required or recommended. I believe the mechanical locks are preferred so that the prop can be worked on in the water if need be.

[@ceremonialguardsman]

Is Molly's shirt a hint at what yall are going to name this one?

[@Sailboatstory]

No, but I think we've finally decided on a name. I think. Maybe. We've had a tough time coming up with a name, but we need to get the federal registration going soon, so we need to make a definite decision.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Is the AC unit defective

[@douglas724]

So you wanna be 'pitch perfect'? :)

[@captsue1]

Admit it ... did you edit-out a tear or two at the 22:40 minute mark ?

[@Sailboatstory]

I won't say.

[@HellavaLifeSailing]

Do you have the intake air supply for the AC coming from the cabin or outside?

[@Sailboatstory]

From outside. That's how it's designed to work, but I did try having the intake pulling from the interior of the boat as well - sort of like if a car's AC was on "recirculate", but that didn't make any difference. I think it's a problem with the compressor, perhaps? It kicks on with an obvious clunk, but only stays on for 30 seconds or so before cycling off again for 5-10 minutes.

[@kenlynch6332]

⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@sharonsunshine2532]

😁💛👍

[@lesabre1972]

are you supposed to use that much grease?

[@Sailboatstory]

Yup

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

A budding Engineer?

[@danratsnapnames]

i would think that you would want antisieze on those threads, dissimular metals always react. but maybe the manufacture recommends otherwise. i dunno.. i'm no expert.

[@josephpadula2283]

Anti seize is best on threads But the expensive Nickel based Not the most popular aluminum type. For stainless threads on stainless nut or machine body use Real Moly Kote with actual Molybdenum disulfide. Check the label as Most of the stuff labeled MolyKote today is Not Molybdenum.

[@waynemazan7485]

Ben, I think those props have too many parts to be reliable..I don't trust them...

[@Sailboatstory]

I too prefer simpler things. We have a fixed prop on board as well that we can always swap to if we run into trouble.

[@louissparks2496]

A hand is not a hammer.

[@Sailboatstory]

Profound insight. Is celery a hammer? What about an ear lobe? Only joking. ;)

[@Garryck-1]

@@Sailboatstory - Ear lobes? Come on now.. everyone knows that elbows are for hammering things!

[@saltysnoopy]

Way too complicated and intricate ... give ma Sailor prop any day.