With respect to the shaft question you can get shims to reduce the taper to a smaller shaft. I have one on a MaxProp from 1 1/4" to a 1 1/8" shaft.
Ed Vanderkruk C&C 38 Landfall Toronto Canada On Wed, May 28, 2025, 6:17 p.m. Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The replacement engine I have is getting ready for final testing once I > get the carb fixed. It all looks good so far, but in case it doesn’t work > out the salvage shop down the road has a couple of nice diesel engines that > may be Plan B. > > Here is my dilemma – they all suggest 15 or 16 inch props, maybe a 14 inch > 3 blade as the smallest. The original prop on Coquina was a 13x7 that > BARELY cleared the hull. A 14 inch would be touching the hull. The only way > I can see even doing that is getting a longer shaft and/or moving the > engine aft. This raises the second issue, I cannot seem to find any 14 inch > or larger props made for 7/8” shafts. Do people change the shaft diameter > to 1 inch? That would seem to require a new stuffing box and a new strut > unless there are 1” cutless bearings that fit the stock strut. > > > > *Joe Della Barba* > > *Coquina* > > *C&C 35 MK I* > Your contributions help pay the fees associated with this list and help to > keep it active. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal > at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are > greatly appreciated.
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