The right propeller for your boat

THE PERFECT GIFT!

Give or treat yourself to a subscription to Boats in Motion print + digital and for only 39 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.

eliche
Volvo Penta IPS Propellers

In the previous article, we saw how a propeller works and what its main parameters are. Now let’s see what the market has to offer.


 

Italian Propellers, standard and custom propellers

Italian Propellers offers a range of standard propellers including 3, 4, 5 and 6-bladed propellers, made of OTS alloy (brass and manganese) and NIBRAL alloy (nickel, bronze and aluminium), ideal for all types of boat, as well as custom models. There is also the CMC model, an advanced surface propeller with an efficient geometry that guarantees outstanding performance.

INFO: www.italianpropellers.it

eliche
Italian Propellers

 

Suzuki Watergrip

Suzuki has launched a new generation of steel propellers for its high-performance single-propeller engines. New blade shapes have been developed to increase the torque and power output of Suzuki’s high-performance engines, and a new type of bushing has been introduced that includes an easily replaceable silent block (to prevent propeller “slippage”), without the need for special tools.

INFO: www.suzuki.it

eliche
Suzuki Watergrip

 

Vetus, 3-4 blade propellers

The Vetus catalogue of 3- or 4-blade propellers is very rich: you can choose from more than a thousand solutions in bronze/manganese, right or left-handed, in any shape and diameter. The secret? Vetus uses a specially developed computer program to determine the right propeller for your boat, capable of adjusting the balance, size, material and area of the blade.

INFO: www.vetus.com

eliche
Vetus

 

Propellers Radice

One of the companies with the longest track record in the production of boat propellers – 80 years. The range proposed for standard models includes 2, 3, 4 and 5 blade propellers up to a diameter of 4 metres. Eliche Radice’s strong point is the background of experience gathered in a software that allows the determination of all the parameters and the design of the best propeller for each type of boat and transmission.

INFO: www.elicheradice.com

eliche
Radice Propellers

Solas Lexor

The diameter of the Lexor, the three-bladed stainless steel propeller from Solas, is extended and the blades are larger to push even large hulls hard. The propeller guarantees excellent performance at high and medium speeds and is designed for maximum efficiency (and therefore fuel saving).

INFO: www.vio.it

eliche
Solas Lexor

 

Volvo Penta IPS Propellers

When Volvo Penta launched its revolutionary IPS (Inboard Performance System), it set a new standard in efficiency, comfort and manoeuvrability by turning the propellers in a forward facing position.  These two counter-rotating propellers, an important element of the hydrodynamic propulsion unit, pull the boat over the water instead of pushing it.

INFO: www.volvopenta.com/marine

eliche
Volvo Penta IPS Propellers

 

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign up for our Newsletter

Join the Sailing Newspaper Club

Powerboats, its stories, from small open to motoryachts. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the editorial staff each week. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button.

Once you click on the button below check your mailbox

Privacy*


Highlights

You may also be interested in.

Harmsworth Trophy returns, but only for electric boats

  After a 15-year stand-by, the world’s oldest powerboat trophy is being transformed into a dedicated race for electric boats only: we are talking about the British International Harmsworth Trophy. Established in 1903 by Sir Alfred Harmsworth, owner of the

Joystick Piloting - Mercury Marine

Mercury’s joystick for single-engine mooring with one hand

Mercury Marine unveiled at the Miami International Boat Show in Florida the long-awaited evolution of its Joystick Piloting system for single-engine outboard boats, which can finally be integrated with bow thrusters, greatly expanding its usefulness. Mercury Joystick Piloting We tested

Cyberfin

This 10-meter boat is 3D printed: Cyberfin

I remember when I saw the world’s first 3D printed boat. MAMBO, a revolutionary Italian project, was unveiled at the 2020 Genoa Boat Show. The incredible shapes this 6.5-meter boat had were proof of the creative potential of 3D printing.