Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

An outboard motor.



Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36



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Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

I've heard Good Things about the Campbell Sailor, but some not-so-good
things as well. Mi Wheel is, of course, the Standard and probably the
cheapest.

What about a feathering prop like the AutoProp? Worth the money?

I've decided on a 3-blade, and drag under sail is not a BIG issue (I
don't race) but is a factor. Mainly I want max thrust/speed, both in clear
water and into a chop.

Suggestions?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:58:40 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

I've heard Good Things about the Campbell Sailor, but some not-so-good
things as well. Mi Wheel is, of course, the Standard and probably the
cheapest.

What about a feathering prop like the AutoProp? Worth the money?

I've decided on a 3-blade, and drag under sail is not a BIG issue (I
don't race) but is a factor. Mainly I want max thrust/speed, both in clear
water and into a chop.

Suggestions?

I've used these folks....

http://www.gpcprop.com/

Give them a call, with your displacement, transmission, and engine
figures, and rotation, in hand. Tell them you want a three blade, and
they will size the dang thing for you.

You don't have to buy it there, but they do have ok prices on new and
recons.

Did someone forget to flush the head again? God this smells awful!

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:58:12 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

An outboard motor.



Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36



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Apartheid NOW! Wall off Mississippi!

We have a Luke prop and it performs well.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

I've heard Good Things about the Campbell Sailor, but some not-so-good
things as well. Mi Wheel is, of course, the Standard and probably the
cheapest.

What about a feathering prop like the AutoProp? Worth the money?

I've decided on a 3-blade, and drag under sail is not a BIG issue (I
don't race) but is a factor. Mainly I want max thrust/speed, both in clear
water and into a chop.

Suggestions?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:22:03 +0000, Horace Brownbag wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:58:40 -0700, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

I've heard Good Things about the Campbell Sailor, but some not-so-good
things as well. Mi Wheel is, of course, the Standard and probably the
cheapest.

What about a feathering prop like the AutoProp? Worth the money?

I've decided on a 3-blade, and drag under sail is not a BIG issue (I
don't race) but is a factor. Mainly I want max thrust/speed, both in clear
water and into a chop.

Suggestions?

I've used these folks....

http://www.gpcprop.com/

Give them a call, with your displacement, transmission, and engine
figures, and rotation, in hand. Tell them you want a three blade, and
they will size the dang thing for you.

You don't have to buy it there, but they do have ok prices on new and
recons.

Thanks! I'm not buying it until I've replaced the engine in Feb or so,
just "dreaming" for now. Did you get a MI Wheel, or the "ZF-Faster"? I
filled in their form, but not expecting too much since most of these
prop-calc forms rely on the existing data, which of course is for the
existing engine rather than the new one.

And, of course, I will be dealing with a Canadian dealer when I do buy
one.

I just got a reply from AutoProp - they want $3K US for their prop!
Ouch - I think that's too steep for my blood.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Harry Krause wrote in message ...

I like your hotmail name, Harry. Were you a linotype guy in a previous life?

Frank Maier wrote:

Harry Krause wrote in message ...

I like your hotmail name, Harry. Were you a linotype guy in a previous life?

No, but I was a newspaperman, and I loved the mechanics of hot type,
plating and rumbling presses. I fooled around a little with monotype and
linotype machines, and learned to set headlines by hand with a type
stick letters from a California type case. The "handle" actually comes
from the way letters were dumped in the type case.

At the newspaper where I worked, all the linotype machines were operated
by graduates of a school for the deaf. It was skilled work, paid well,
and offered good benefits, and the typesetters were valued employees of
the newspaper. Of course, that was in the days before corporate America
went for a disposable workforce.


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Harry Krause wrote:

Of course, that was in the days before corporate America
went for a disposable workforce.

It's a giggle that you believe all of the ills in America can be blamed
upon corporations and conservatives.

What a teensy brain you must have.

-- Charlie


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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:58:12 +0000, Harry Krause wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

Hi,

I've mentioned before that I'll be replacing Far Cove's engine this
winter (assuming I can sell the appt!) with a 26hp Universal M25XPB. What
prop should I buy to go with it?

An outboard motor.


Good that you try to be funny, Harry. Truth is, I DID consider slapping
the ol' Johnson 15hp from the Tin Boat on the back, at least for motoring
around the marina before I get the REAL motor in. But as you know, an
outboard on the transom of a 36ft boat will spend 1/2 it's time out of the
water.

Lloyd