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Boat Propellers for Different Boat Hull Designs

Boat Propellers for Different Boat Hull Designs

Posted by on Dec 18, 2017 in Aluminum Propellers, Boat Propellers, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 0 comments

Most boat hull designs perform well enough with an average aluminum propeller but a lot of hull designs work best with either a three or four blade boat prop with stern lifting or bow lifting capabilities made from aluminum or stainless steel. For boats with an outboard motor or a sterndrive sometimes using a bow lifting boat prop tends to make the...

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Boat Propellers Recommendation

Boat Propellers Recommendation

Posted by on Feb 12, 2017 in Aluminum Propellers, Boat Propellers, Buy Boat Propellers, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 3 comments

It is easier to order the wrong boat propellers than the right ones. There really is no stock or standard boat prop for your engine because of the almost unlimited amount of boat size and motor size combinations which means different size props are needed for the different combinations. We can help you to find the right boat propellers for your engine...

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Fastest Boats on the Water – Malcomb Campbell

Fastest Boats on the Water – Malcomb Campbell

Posted by on Mar 20, 2016 in Boat Propellers, Boating, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 0 comments

Gar Wood’s speed records would be the last ones for big single keel boats using multiple engines and steel propellers. The next era of new speed records saw much smaller, single engine boats with new hull designs that reduced drag thus producing  higher speeds. Malcolm Campbell From England beat Wood’s 1932 124.86 mph.record five years...

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The History of Outboard Motors – Part Fourteen

The History of Outboard Motors – Part Fourteen

Posted by on Jan 15, 2015 in Aluminum Propellers, Boat Propellers, Boating, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 0 comments

Modern Outboard Motors. Mercury, Evinrude, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Tohatsu-Nissan are the companies that make the outboards today. All make boat propellers in aluminum, and stainless steel propellers too. You can also get after market boat propellers for these engines that in many cases perform just as good and some times even better and usually cost...

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The History of Outboard Motors – Part Thirteen

The History of Outboard Motors – Part Thirteen

Posted by on Jan 3, 2015 in Boating, Stainless Steel Boat Propellers | 0 comments

The 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s. By the 1970’s outboard motors had evolved into tried and true basic designs and systems that carried over for decades with minor improvements along the way. Horsepower was always being increased in order top or at least compete with the other manufacturers. Boat propeller performance also had to be improved...

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