Engineered with the utmost precision
Folding propellers for saildrive and shaft
Enjoy the best of both worlds with Volvo Penta folding propellers designed for sailboats. Sail with minimal drag and, when it's time to motor, experience the high thrust of a fixed propeller – even in reverse.
Pleasurable boating
Efficiency and smooth handling
Volvo Penta's folding propellers are designed to reduce drag, and offer high performance, enhanced efficiency, and smooth handling under typical conditions. Designed with optimized materials, they provide significant thrust and responsiveness for a comfortable boating experience.
Folding propellers
Reduced noise and vibration
Volvo Penta's folding propellers for sailboats feature a high-skew blade design that helps reduce pressure pulses, contributing to smooth, low-noise operation with reduced vibrations. Enjoy a quieter, more comfortable ride with less impact on your vessel.
Customizable
Versatile folding propellers
Whether you're looking for high performance, low drag, or improved fuel efficiency, a Volvo Penta folding propeller is designed to deliver. Available in various sizes and blade configurations, making it easy for you to find the right fit for your sailboat.
Folding propellers for saildrives features
High-skew blade design reduces pressure pulses for smooth, low-noise operation with minimal vibrations.
Powerful thrust, even in reverse, for excellent close-quarter maneuverability and short stopping distance.
Excellent durability and corrosion resistance thanks to specially developed nibral (nickel-bronze-aluminum) alloy.
The reliable and consistent conical teeth mechanism ensures synchronized opening and closing of the blades.
Folding propellers for saildrive and shaft range
Explore the features and benefits of our Volvo Penta folding propellers, made of strong and durable nibral alloy. Available in 2-blade, 3-blade, and 4-blade models for engines from 5hp to 120hp.
Benefits
Our patented design featuring protruding blade tips ensures an instant opening action when you engage the reverse gear.
As the propeller rotates, water pressure forces the blades open. Centrifugal force then finalizes the opening action.
As the propeller rotates, water pressure forces the blades open. Centrifugal force then finalizes the opening action.
Our saildrive propeller hubs include a shock-absorbing rubber bushing to minimize stress on the drivetrain caused by gear changes.
The bushing is also designed to galvanically isolate the propeller from the saildrive, preventing galvanic corrosion caused by the propeller.
The bushing is also designed to galvanically isolate the propeller from the saildrive, preventing galvanic corrosion caused by the propeller.
Our Volvo Penta folding propellers can improve the performance of your boat. Enjoy minimal drag and increased speed – up to 1.5 knots under sail – compared to a fixed propeller.
Our design's sleek profile helps reduce the risk of snagging ropes, nets and debris when sailing.
Our design's sleek profile helps reduce the risk of snagging ropes, nets and debris when sailing.
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