CD 33 sedan propellers

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Patjeffries
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CD 33 sedan propellers

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I own and love a 33’ CD flybridge sedan, vintage 1989, powered by twin Volvo TAMD41A engines. But we may have a problem with our propellers. Does anyone have original specs on the recommended prop size and pitch? I’d be so grateful if you can help. Thanks.
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Welcome to the board. Think about joining the organization if you haven’t already. There isn’t a lot of power boaters here, probably reflective of the relative number of sail boats / power boats manufactured by Cape Dory. Copies of a variety of owner manuals is available on the site. Kind of doubt if there is a manual here for you model that it would have information on the original specs on the prop. A good prop shop should be able to help.
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Also, in addition to those resources, I would find Dave Gerr's Nature of Boats book. It has a pretty good chapter on propellers and correctly sizing them. I believe he did another book just on the subject too. It could inform the way you go about forming your solution for this problem.

Good luck. Our friends just got a CD30 motorsailer and we've been aboard a few times. It's pretty nice! I could almost see..... nah, what am I thinking? :)
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Also try the link below:

http://www.capedory28.info/

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