[alberg30] A-30 owners with diesals

Peter,

Do you have a reduction gear?  What's the ratio?  A 13 x 7 prop seems
lightly pitched for a diesel, which usually have a reduction gear.
I'm more used to people having 13 x 12 or something like that with
a diesel.  We have 13 x 7 on our 1:1 Atomic 4.

 - George

> Peter Hay said:
> 
> I have A30 KC384 also named Rubicon.  She was refitted in 1992 with a
> Universal (Kubota) M4-30 25hp diesel.  Prop is 13 x 7.  Power is quite
> adequate but I wouldn't go with less.  Handles 8-10 ft. swells nicely at
> 3000 rpm.  

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