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Prop wash on cat

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Chris Hiszpanski
Valencia, CA, USA
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Prop wash on cat
Posted 2026, May 25 07:20
Are there catamarans with both a right and left-handed propeller, such that prop wash from one cancels prop wash from the other?
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Grant Headifen
Reply 2026, May 25 14:07
yes most cats have counter-rotating propellers so that they cancel each other
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