Anthonyexmouth
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Apart from Norris and Teignbridge engineering, can anyone recommend a good UK bronze prop supplier?
Prop prices
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Tranona
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Hamble Propellers, Clements Marine Engineering, Lake Engineering, Castle Marine.
What sort/size of props and what do you mean by "bronze" as there are more than one type of Bronze alloys used for propellers.
What sort/size of props and what do you mean by "bronze" as there are more than one type of Bronze alloys used for propellers.
Anthonyexmouth
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looking at something like a 15x12 4 blade. Probably aluminium bronze.
colhel
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I bought an 18×17.5 4 blade bronze 4 years ago and it was £756 , i can't open the pdf invoice to see if that included VAT.
Anthonyexmouth
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Cheapest quote so far is just under £600 just looking to get a few more prices
colhel
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I answered the thread title 
oldgit
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Some time ago this outfit was offering the best prices on replacement propellers especially if you needed an unusual pitch.
Home - Michigan Marine Propulsion International
At the time they were cheaper than any UK based supplier even though the props had to shipped from USA.
Something to do with the $ £ exchange rate at the time .
Shipping time was 6 weeks but by paying a little extra they would ship by air which reduced it to two or three weeks from order.
Home - Michigan Marine Propulsion International
At the time they were cheaper than any UK based supplier even though the props had to shipped from USA.
Something to do with the $ £ exchange rate at the time .
Shipping time was 6 weeks but by paying a little extra they would ship by air which reduced it to two or three weeks from order.
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Anthonyexmouth
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Norris have given me a 7+ week lead time anyway. I forgot about Michigan. Always associate them with outboard and outdrive props. I'll message them, they are only a few miles from me.
Paul1962
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Plus One for Clements Marine - Paul Williams is excellent - No affiliation
JOHNPEET
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Aardee
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I bought a yacht propeller from Norris and it turned up in a Michigan box...
Canopy Locked
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Have used FAL before to make a new prop for a Mitchell 31 - did a great job and tweaked the prop compared to the original resulting in slightly better performance. They're about 4 miles down the road from me!
oldgit
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Have long held a sneaking suspicion that some prop suppliers are getting prop castings from Michigan and doing the final finishing tweaks ?
Praxinoscope
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Castle Marine in Caernarfon excellent small prop speçialists.