J PROP MARINE PROPELLERS

TYPE A HUB 63 Two Blade Dia. Three Blade Dia. TYPE B HUB 83 Three Blade Dia.

Why Jprop? - a brief history For the last 30 years, feathering propellers have been the most efficient, all-round, drag reducing propeller for sailboats.
The best known make of feathering propeller is the MaxProp which has dominated the market since being introduced in the 70s and was at this time considered to be state of the art design. MaxProp is still sold today in its original form with some minor modifications, such as external lubrication. It was in the late 80s in Solbiate Olona Italy, that two companies; Cober srl (ltd) specialists in CNC technology and Marine Propeller set out to address what improvements could be made to this older design of feathering propeller that had, what were to them, inherent deficiencies. Their objective was to produce a factory permanently assembled feathering propeller using CNC machining technology. In order to achieve this, the Jprop was designed to meet the following criteria:

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1295.00 1325.50 1355.00 1386.00 1417.00 1447.00

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1516.00 1560.00 1607.00 1652.00 1699.00 1744.00

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2178.00 2315.00 2361.00 2407.00 2467.00 2513.00

TYPE C HUB 93 Three Blade Dia.

TYPE D HUB 116 Three Blade Dia.

TYPE E HUB 145 Three Blade Dia.

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2900.00 2970.00 3016.00 3061.00 3107.00 3153.00

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4745.00 4859.00 4859.00 4974.00 5088.00 5202.00 5316.00

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8546.00 8699.00 8851.00 9004.00 9255.00 9445.00 9850.00 10252.00

SAILDRIVE A 63 HUB Two Blade Dia.

SAILDRIVE A HUB 64 Three Blade Dia.

SAILDRIVE B HUB 83 Three Blade Dia.

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1423.00 1455.00 1485.00 1515.00 1546.00 1576.00

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1645.00 1690.00 1737.00 1782.00 1828.00 1874.00

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KEY KIT

1848.30 1917.00 1995.00 2143.00 2261.00 2379.00 2458.00 2556.00

Installation rather than assembly of prop on the shaft. Pitch is externally adjustable and provides a clear base-line from which to adjust the prop to the specific boat. All components are CNC machined to tolerance, allowing free movement and no need for the user to adjust components. Provide external lubrication. Designed to reduce wear.

ANODE WITH BOLTS Propeller Type

ANODE SUPPORT

TYPE A/B 17.00 35.00 45.00 29.00 51.00 TYPE C 22.00 49.00 56.05 TYPE D/E 25.00 Prices do not include VAT Delivery: 30 ex works Italy

Deacons Boatyard, Bursledon Bridge Southampton, SO31 8AW

Tel 02380 403 944 Fax 02380 404 509

In 1993 a US patent was registered on which todays J Prop is based. (see US patent 5232345 @ www.uspto.gov)

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Design Features

Jprop uses only helical (or continuously engaged) gears. Resulting in two distinct advantages:

Helical Gears

The blades of the propeller will have identical pitch at all times. Helical gears have a large contact area producing more strength and less wear.

Differentially Geared Pitch Adjustment

The pitch setting is determined by the amount of rotation the planetary gears are allowed by the internal stop in the adjustable tail-cone. As the shaft (C) and the drive gear (B) rotate clockwise, the planetary gears (G) rotate the blades (F). The pitch gear (E) rotates counter-clockwise in this differential system. The housing remains stationary until the blades and pitch gear have rotated to the internal stop and therefore the pitch setting.

Jprops components are made from a variety of stainless steel and aluminum-bronze alloys. Each alloy is

Materials

designed to suit the specific properties of the application. For instance, the pitch gear, blades, housing and tail-cone are all made from different alloys resulting in less wear between the parts. The combination of stainless steel and aluminum-bronze components also enhance lubrication and minimize corrosion.

The non-directional blade shape of Jprop not only reduces drag when feathered under sail. It also enables, when properly pitched: A reverse thrust equal to forward thrust.

Elliptical Blade

Blade widths to be approximately 35% of the prop diameter (usually 25% on fixed sailor props). A maximum thrust comparable to standard power-boat propellers of the same dimensions (such as Federals Pleasure Propellers).

Jprop Capacity Limits

63mm hubs - up to 60 Hp

83mm hubs - 55 to 100 Hp 93mm hubs - 90 to 140 Hp 116mm hubs - 120 to 240 Hp