Craig

Hubba-hubba. Is that the extra-long shaft? With the charging system? And the verticle pull??

Long, long ago Mike made a well grounded point that the prop pitch we wanted for our boats, running a small HP 4-stroke was a 7" pitch. Something about allowing the engine to run in the proper RPM range without getting a lot of slip.

Sorry I can't add anything useful to the zinc question. Would composition of the metal the zinc is attached to make a difference in the rate of oxidation/disolution?

As soon as the O'day sells online gets a hunk of money from me too!