[alberg30] A-30 owners with diesals
George Dinwiddie
gdinwiddie at min.net
Fri Aug 20 05:37:58 PDT 1999
From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>
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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