Well despite my asking Santa he did not drop a Sabre 42 sedan down my chimney but I got the next best thing a new Flexofold propeller for 'Mallard ' my Golant Gaffer sailboat. Well I don't actually have it yet as I have to spec out the boat but just as soon as I can the order will be placed with my friend Chuck Angle, the Flexofold man in the USA. Then when the new prop arrives I can fit it before the boat goes back into the water come spring.
At present I have a fixed two bladed prop on the boat but although it works great when the boat is under power there is lot of drag when sailing. Five knots is about all that I get from the boat right now and anything that I can do to improve on that has got to be a good thing. The original plan was to fit a folding or feathering prop when I built the boat but by that time I had run out of money so I ended up with the fixed prop that she currently has.
I plan to do some comparative sea trials which I will bring you in due course, in the meantime you can see the same prop that I have shown above in a folded condition by clicking here.
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