So you’re looking to improve your performance under sail? But really don’t want to lose anything under motor? It’s maybe a good time to think about changing your props! Follow our guide… and our propshaft. For a saildrive, the operation is ostensibly the same.
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Publié le
20/11/2018
Par
Vince Valstar
Numéro :
163
Parution :
Jan.
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Feb.
2019
Most catamaran manufacturers offer fixed propellers with two or three blades. Robust and basic, these have the advantage of offering good propulsion under engine - in forward as in astern - and above all, are not particularly expensive... It is not for nothing that charter companies favor this type of propeller. But under sail, you’re not getting a bargain... Count on losing a good knot of boatspeed compared to a boat equipped with folding or variable pitch propellers. And a knot is not nothing: consider a 2,700nm Canaries to Caribbean transatlantic passage taking 17 days, at 6.62 knots averag…
