Folding prop

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   Hi folks,
I have a 2004 411 at the Med.
I want to install folding propelor on my Yanmar 4JH3E 56 hp engine.
One of the brands possiable is the KIVIPROPS feathering prop.They reccomand a 17" DIA. at 23 degree pitch step.
Any suggestions from any other expirianced member ?
Is this prop matches Yanmar insructions about the ruber coplong bitween the sail drive SD50 and the KIVIPROP ?

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alex danciger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Sub Lieutenant Joined: 11 September 2009 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote alex danciger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 October 2009 at 12:46
	Hi folks, I have a 2004 411 at the Med. I want to install folding propelor on my Yanmar 4JH3E 56 hp engine. One of the brands possiable is the KIVIPROPS feathering prop.They reccomand a 17" DIA. at 23 degree pitch step. Any suggestions from any other expirianced member ? Is this prop matches Yanmar insructions about the ruber coplong bitween the sail drive SD50 and the KIVIPROP ?

Abstinenz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List myHanse Moderator - Denmark Joined: 27 May 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 563	Post Options Post Reply Quote Abstinenz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 October 2009 at 19:07
	If the gear ratio is 2,31 the 17" 23 pitch is correct for that engine/gear. /Steen
	Hanse 342#436

alex danciger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Sub Lieutenant Joined: 11 September 2009 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote alex danciger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 October 2009 at 21:05
	Hi Steen I havn't decide yet what proppelor brand to chose,do you know and have used the KIWIPROP on a Yanmar sd ?

Abstinenz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List myHanse Moderator - Denmark Joined: 27 May 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 563	Post Options Post Reply Quote Abstinenz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 October 2009 at 21:35
	Yes I know the Kiwiprop very well. Here's a picture from my Hanse 342 equipped with a Kiwiprop Yanmar YM30, SD20 (I'm the Danish Kiwi agent) /Steen Edited by Abstinenz - 16 October 2009 at 21:40
	Hanse 342#436

bovine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Commadore Joined: 18 November 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 405	Post Options Post Reply Quote bovine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 October 2009 at 09:31
	Hi Alex in a nut shell i have had 2 kiwiprops on a 370 never ever again David

franko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Rear Admiral Joined: 24 June 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 597	Post Options Post Reply Quote franko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 October 2009 at 10:49
	Why not David?

bovine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Commadore Joined: 18 November 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 405	Post Options Post Reply Quote bovine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2009 at 11:30
	Franko why not you ask. Because you can not rely on them reversing pitch when you need it, like trying to stop in the lock before you pile into the boat infront. kiwi said it needed grease, well it had been in the water only six months. the second one did the same. david

franko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Rear Admiral Joined: 24 June 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 597	Post Options Post Reply Quote franko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2009 at 13:58
	Thanks David, So, I think I will go for the newer type V.P. prop now. Franko

Abstinenz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List myHanse Moderator - Denmark Joined: 27 May 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 563	Post Options Post Reply Quote Abstinenz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2009 at 17:30
	A sad story, though the Kiwiprop still works to great satisfaction on many thousands other boats around the world. Do not forget those facts when you judge a product - whatever it may be, a yacht, a prop, a car, an engine etc etc /Steen
	Hanse 342#436

franko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Rear Admiral Joined: 24 June 2004 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 597	Post Options Post Reply Quote franko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 October 2009 at 19:39
	Unbiased personal recommendation is, to my mind, the best advertising a product can have. Two users of Kiwi props have advised me against them. None, other than sellers, have praised them. That is good enough for me.



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