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The ultimate protection for saildrive propellers
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The sail drive Strippers, which operate on the same principle as the shaft drive products, are available with two or three rotating blades to match the propeller. The cutter fits on the sail drive shaft as an exact replacement for the distance piece between the propeller and the sail drive body.
As with the shaft drive Strippers, the serrated stainless steel teeth of the fixed and rotating cutters create a powerful shearing action as the blades pass each other and will easily cut plastic bags, seaweed and nets as well as rope.
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The rotating cutters are driven by two cap screws which locate in the front face of the propeller boss. The fixed cutter is restrained by a peg, which passes through the modified anode (supplied with the Stripper) and locates in an existing cap screw in the drive body.
This simple, trouble free mechanism is easily installed, usually in less than one hour, and requires only minimum maintenance. Please refer to our installation pages for more details.
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The Stripper can be installed very easily by following the eight steps below. The only modifications necessary are to the propeller boss, the details of which are available with the installation package.
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THE STRIPPER HAS VERY SHARP BLADES - HANDLE WITH CARE.
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1. Remove the propeller cone nut. The propeller requires some minor modification, which is mostly done by filing the protruding nubs on the propeller.
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2. Slide the propeller of the splined shaft. The propeller boss requires modification before re-installation as detailed in the Propeller Installation Page.
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3. Remove the distance piece. This is no longer required as the Stripper assembly, which is exactly the same lenght, replaces this item.
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6. Slide the Stripper assembly on to the shaft ensuring that the round peg on the Stripper slides through the hole on the top of the anode and the black plastic fairing piece engages with the saildrive leg casting.
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7. Refit the modified propeller, (See Propeller installation page) ensuring that the two new holes in the boss engage in the heads of the two driving screws in the rotating cutter of the Stripper
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8. Refit the propeller cone nut and rotate the propeller to ensure that the assembly turns freely.
Congratulations! You have succesfully installed your Stripper.
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