Hi Francois,
I had the same problem. It turned out my 37+ was delivered with 2
different transmission ratios, and the previous owner had ordered the prop
for the wrong ratio. I wonder if the 34+ is available with 2 different
transmission ratios. Once they sent me the correct prop she was fine.
Agreed, they weren't the most friendly to deal with.
Gary
S/V Kaylarah
'90 C&C 37+
East Greenwich, RI, USA
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:19 AM Francois Rivard via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Last June, I took the opportunity to remove my old tired Martec prop and
> send it to the factory for a rebuild while my boat was on the hard for a
> new bottom paint,
>
> Sounded like a great idea except that the post office lost the prop.
>
> Upon realizing that the prop was gone for good, I did much research and
> decided to buy a Flex-O-Fold 2 blades folder. I had to hurry and put my
> order in before July 5th because Flex - O - Fold was closing their
> doors for "Summer Holiday" between July 10th and August 15th. Can you
> believe it? Yep, close the whole thing down right smack in the middle of
> prime sailing season.
>
> That should have been a clue about their customer service or lack
> thereof.
>
> I got the prop direct from Denmark about a week after putting the order in
> and had my diver buddy do the install. The prop looked great but did not
> perform well at all. It was over pitched and vibrating really badly, worse
> than my old tired Martec, my engine was smoking, vibrating, and generally
> peeved from the lugging / overload. I just had to put-up with it until mid
> August when they came back from vacation. After that It was one arguing
> email after another on why I'm wrong, my engine is bad (It made 7.6 knots
> on flat water with the old 3 fixed bladed prop), and in their infinite
> wisdom they had "definitely" sent me the right prop / I was just not
> appreciating it. It finally ended with sending a picture of my
> chartplotter clearly displaying 7.6 knots SOG while motoring Then they
> said: Send the whole thing back to us.
>
> Truth to be told, all it probably needed was new blades with 1 inch less
> pitch. (They were 16 X 12) I was so fed-up with their crappy attitude, I
> spent the 200 bucks and sent the thing back. They "Checked" it (Nothing
> mechanically wrong, just wrong specs) and finally became decent / offered
> to send my money back.
>
> After the refund, I ordered a 2 blades 16" Max Prop Easy / received it
> last week / installed it yesterday.
>
> It works! My engine maxes-out at the Yanmar prescribed RPM, it's smoother
> than I expected, almost as smooth as the fixed 3 blades prop, and the
> reverse is phenomenal, just like everybody says. As a bonus, according to
> a German magazine test, it has less sailing drag than the Flex - O - Fold.
>
> 3 months later... It's done. Good thing we sail all year long here. I'd
> be pretty upset If I had to put the boat away for the winter in a week or
> two...
>
> -Francois Rivard
> 1990 34+ "Take Five"
> Lake Lanier, GA
>
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