The
all bronze 3 blade feathering propellor by Maxprop is our fix for
Marelle's poor stopping power, and we are hoping it will also help
with reversing and prop walk as well. The blades
rotate, so that the leading edge faces the direction of travel, and
when sailing they feather to reduce drag.
Here is the
previous propellor alongside the new one.
With
advice from Chris at Darglow http://www.darglow.co.uk/
we have chosen a slightly bigger propellor size, as well as of course
3 blades rather than 2.
Darglow
carefully machined the propellor to fit the tapered shaft so we
didn't have to cut the end off, as we wanted to keep the original
propellor as a spare. We came to fit the new propellor, but the new
nut would not fit on the thread, and Martin did not want to force it.
Chris from Darglow saved the day, making a special trip
over from Wareham to fit it for us in time for Marelle's launch.
Here are some pictures of the fitting:
