Pearson Boats - Common Systems > Engine and Drive Train
Are all Pearson design 323 shafts/strut off to starboard ?
Eibeltje:
" SELENE " if I look good at your prop it looks to me that you have a left handed prop on that picture.
Look very good how the ears of your prop show in comparison to our prop or "DULCE-VITA ".
It is very hard to see but I can make out the difference with your prop.
The Great Godsea:
Hull 265. offset to starboard. volvo penta diesel. not sure if prop turns clockwise or not in forward. pulls to starboard in reverse thats for sure. always an adventure backing into the slip, especially with some wind across the bow.
Rusty Pelican:
P323 #174 Volvo MDllC . Starboard offset with a LH prop.
You can not tell by the picture, but here is my "sling shot" haha
Dolce_Vita:
I believe the whole concept of "having to change the hull mold" is wrong.
If you think about it, it would be impossible to mold the shaft log in place. You couldn't release the hull from the mold if you did it that way.
I believe the passage was bored into the hull after it was removed from the mold, and the tube glassed in place afterwards. This would allow them to bore it with the desired offset, depending on whether they were building a gasoline or diesel boat.
Here's another (mostly unrelated) piece of triva to consider: 1977 is the first model year for the P-323. The model year for boat begins in August of the previous calendar year. My boat, hull #42, is model year 1977, but was built in December of 1976. This means that they cranked out FOURTY-TWO BOATS in five months!! That's almost two boats per week!! They almost certainly had two molds to be able to sustain that rate!
Hull number 18 (Lark in the Clear) was built in September of 1976. Again, 18 boats in 8 weeks is a little more than 2 a week!
Eibeltje:
Thank you ,thank you ,thank you.
We know now that there are Pearson 323 with shafts offset to starboard or port.
If you have a left handed rotating prop with a shaft off to starboard ('RUSTY PELICAN ","GREAT GODSEA " (?) what transmission do you have ? Do you encounter any pulling to starboard /port if you are under engine power in forward.
"SELENE, we have now a ZF 15 MIV like you.You have a LH rotation . ZF told us this transmission supports ONLY a RH rotation,
I am confused now !?!
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