News

“Hey Guys,
Life onboard has been great with the Gori props. We have hit 30 knots … with no spinning of the props.”

All the best …
Captain Chris Bishop
… somewhere on their world cruise.

Mala Conducta …LWL = 62ft
Displ = 38000lbs
Engines are Volvo D2-55 with hydraulic transmission (ZF25A)
shafts are 1.25 dia.
Gori propellers 22 x 15 x 3 counter rotating

The Barcelona World Race is one of the best regarded two handed ocean racing events in the world. Staged for only the second time in 2010/2011, the event is a huge media event in Europe with the 60 foot boats and 14 teams commanding media attention more commensurate with a F1 car racing team than ocean yachtsman. Virbac-Paprec finished first and was fitted with Gori racing propellers, as were the majority of the IMOCA OPN 60 fleet.

For more see link to PDF below.

The Autoprop provides very significant improvements whether sailing, motor sailing or just motoring.

A typical example is this Seastream 43, a well found and highly regarded cruising yacht whose owner, Alistair Stenhouse, found the performance of his boat was considerably improved with an Autoprop.

He tells us, “My original prop was a 3 blade fixed and I changed it to permit more efficient sailing on the trip I planned from Scotland to Spitsbergen and back via Norway; a trip which included successfully reaching 80 degrees north.

AB Marine is proud to have been the supplier of the fixed propeller and shafting for this new and innovative recessed installation. So as to keep drag to a minimum the propeller and shaft installation is retracted inside the hull when racing. You can't get any lower drag than that. Even though AB Marine is well known as the distributor for Gori folding propellers, it was determined that even these low drag propellers would not be the ideal installation.

AB Marine, Inc is pleased to announce the introduction of a new model of Shaft Sharks for saildrive installations

After many months of design and testing, these units are now available for immediate delivery and installation.

They will install on most all types of saildrive folding and feathering propellers. There is no interfernece with the saildrive zinc or with the zinc supplied with the propeller.The two piece unit easily installs without removing the propeller and with no modification to the propeller or the saildrive zinc.

The Buzzards Bay 30s were originally built in 1902 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. of Bristol, R.I. The 47-foot yachts were ordered by the Beverly, Mass., Yacht Club and were raced as a class.

In the just finished Long Beach race Week, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the nationally syndicated call-in radio hostess from Santa Barbara was a winner.

Skippering her J-100, Perfect, after seven races on three courses over three days "Perfect" not only won the Sportboat class, but also PHRF Boat of the Week Honors for winning in the most competitive class.

Yachts over 70 feet with Gori propellers installed:
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Maximus Custom 100'
Savannah Custom 90'
All Smoke Southern Wind 78
Acaia Cube Southern Wind 80 DS
New boat Southern Wind 72
Magic Carpet II Wally 94
Y3K Wally 95
Alexia Wally 98
Dangerous but Fun Wally 80
Hull no 5 Wally 80
Open Season Wally 95
Tiketitoo Wally 88
Tiketitan Wally 88
Mari-Cha IV Custom 143'
La Numero Uno Perini Navi 40M 131
Solaris 76 76
Swan 65 65

The World Sailing Speed Council has ratified two new world records for Franck Cammas and the crew of "Groupama III":

The outright 24 hour speed record of 794nm / Average speed of 33.08kts
The New York to the Lizard Transatlantic Record: 4 days 3 hours 57minutes 54 seconds at an average speed of 29.26kts