What is your RPM?
If the pitch is too flat (low), it is like being stuck in 2nd gear. You
will accelerate well and have plenty of reserve to punch through chop,
but redline RPM will give you some speed lower than hull speed.
If the pitch is a little too coarse (high), you will hit hullspeed in
flat water, but not be able to get to redline and have no reserve for
adverse conditions. If it is way too coarse, the engine may lug so bad
you cannot even get to hullspeed or get near redline RPM. These
conditions are very hard on diesels.
Also you could just have a lot of barnacles or something wrong with the
engine.
Joe
Coquiina
On 5/16/2020 8:51 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List wrote:
What's your HP and gear ratio?
On Sat, May 16, 2020, 08:22 Chuck Saur via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Does any 37+ owner with a Universal M35 and maxprop feathering
three blade know their prop pitch? Mine is set at 22 degrees but
last year I could not get beyond 5.5 knots. PYI manual specs that
pitch. It looks entirely too flat to me. Help?!?
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