I received this reply:
Jeff:
I have an Olson 911se built in 1989 and it has the original Martec folding prop. I believe it is a Mark III (the blades are tapered at the ends) and has a designation "13DX12P" which indicates a 13 inch diameter and 12 inch pitch. It works very well and we are happy with it. They seem to need rebuilding pretty often though. When the blades are folded closed, they are not supposed to touch each other. there is supposed to be a gap between them. We had ours rebuilt about six years ago when we bought the boat and the next time we hauled out it looked like the blades were touching. I decided to let it slide and save the money. Its been that way for the last several years and seems to be working fine.
Hope this helps,
Bill Charron
Olson 911 se
Borderline
-----Original Message-----
From: jkolar [mailto:jkolar@singingfish.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:55 AM To: Rizmirian@aol.com Cc: Jeff@iqa.com; olson911@SailPix.com Subject: Re: Folding prop for Olson 911SE?
Yeah, my exact question too!!
please include me on any responses.
Jennifer Kolar
jkolar@singingfish.com
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 Rizmirian@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/17/2002 10:52:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Jeff@iqa.com
> writes:
>
>
> > I have an Olson 911SE with the stock Universal 18 and the stock fixed
blade
> > prop. I am interested in getting a folding prop, maybe a Martec. Do
you
> > have any recommendations? If you have a Martec Eliptec Mark 3, do you
know
> > which exact model it is (pitch, diameter, etc.)? Has it worked well for
> > you? Thanks for your response!
> >
> > Jeff Omelchuck
> >
>
> Jeff, sorry I can't be of help. My prop was installed by the pevious
owner
> and all I've ever done is had it rebuilt. I don't have any of the specs.
It
> is a Martec and it's performed very well. I can't imagine dragging around
a
> fixed prop.
>
> I would suspect that any of the better prop distributors could give you
the
> right recommendation for a replacement. Failing that, I've published your
> inquiry to the rest of the owners and perhaps one of them has your answer.
> Good luck.
>
Received on Tue Jun 18 16:52:02 2002