AussieCraig
Senior Member
- Joined
- May 16, 2013
- Messages
- 179
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- The Salty Swallow - named by wife
- Vessel Make
- Private builder - 50' Trawler
Again I thank you for your time and wisdom....currently our boat has a bronze 34” diameter x 26” pitch RH, 4-bladed propeller. As you may know from the description she used to be a commercial trawler so I am guessing the choice of prop was based around her needs as a shrimper. I went to the Vicprops website and according to thier calculator she needs :
That seems like a big pitch change, would you guys agree with the 35" suggestion ?
[FONT="]Number of blades[/FONT]
[FONT="]Diameter (inches)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Pitch (inches)[/FONT]
[FONT="]2 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]38.7[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.9[/FONT]
[FONT="]3 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.9[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.6[/FONT]
[FONT="]4 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]34.7[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]35.8[/FONT]
[FONT="]Diameter (inches)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Pitch (inches)[/FONT]
[FONT="]2 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]38.7[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.9[/FONT]
[FONT="]3 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.9[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]36.6[/FONT]
[FONT="]4 Blade[/FONT]
[FONT="]34.7[/FONT]
[FONT="]X[/FONT]
[FONT="]35.8[/FONT]
That seems like a big pitch change, would you guys agree with the 35" suggestion ?