Engine Shutdown When At Headway Speed?

Weekend Pundit · 07-15-2007, 08:31 PM

Has anyone else noticed any of the GFB's as they pass through an area at headway speed shutting down one engine? I've never seen this before and I've been on Winnipesaukee for years.

I first noticed it a few weeks ago as I was passing through the Weirs Channel. I passed four, two Formulas, a Fountain, and a Cigarette and all of them shut down one engine once they entered the No Wake Zone on the Paugus side of the channel. I've seen it a number of times since then, both there and at Glendale, Silver Sands, and between Bear and Pine Islands.

I figure they're doing it to save gas since they really don't need both screws to maintain headway speed.

07-15-2007, 08:31 PM	#1
Weekend Pundit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 362 Thanks: 26 Thanked 70 Times in 43 Posts	Engine Shutdown When At Headway Speed? Has anyone else noticed any of the GFB's as they pass through an area at headway speed shutting down one engine? I've never seen this before and I've been on Winnipesaukee for years. I first noticed it a few weeks ago as I was passing through the Weirs Channel. I passed four, two Formulas, a Fountain, and a Cigarette and all of them shut down one engine once they entered the No Wake Zone on the Paugus side of the channel. I've seen it a number of times since then, both there and at Glendale, Silver Sands, and between Bear and Pine Islands. I figure they're doing it to save gas since they really don't need both screws to maintain headway speed.