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What’s your E38-200 Cruising Speed in slack water?

Christian Williams

E381 - Los Angeles
Senior Moderator
Blogs Author
Found a scrap of paper with RPM readings taken by a $25 hand-held laser tachometer. Fixed three-blade Michigan sailor prop, Universal 5432.

5 knots, 1875 RPMs
6 knots, 2275 RPMs
7 knots, 2815 RPMs

The readings on the boat tach are about 100 RPMs higher than these laser readings.
 

Pete the Cat

Sustaining Member
Found a scrap of paper with RPM readings taken by a $25 hand-held laser tachometer. Fixed three-blade Michigan sailor prop, Universal 5432.

5 knots, 1875 RPMs
6 knots, 2275 RPMs
7 knots, 2815 RPMs

The readings on the boat tach are about 100 RPMs higher than these laser readings
If that is the original prop from Ericson, someone did a very good job of fixing the pitch in the factory. My 32-200 with the stock prop seems to have been set well, too. My experience in delivering a number of production boats was that mostly they were over pitched.
 

Saverio

Member III
My 38 200 Universal 32 hp engine with three-bladed Max Prop propeller, diameter 16 × pitch 14, what are your propellers? Thank you. Xavier
 
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