Seahawk, Martec Engineering and Austral Propellers have joined forces to bring you the %u2018Slipstream%u2019 range of Folding Sailboat Propellers.

Slpstream Folding propellers are a geared design. They were first released in early 2003, starting with the 2-blade version in April and the 3-blade version due in July.

Founded by the late Walt Beck in Long Beach, California, Martec developed in the 1960%u2019s the first modern, low-drag sailboat propeller, known as the %u2018Martec Folder%u2019. While folding props had been around for a century or more, they were inelegant, expensive designs. Beck%u2019s looking like a piece of bronze functional sculpture, arrived at a time when sailboat design was evolving rapidly toward higher performance. A backyard, part-time enterprise of an aerospace engineer became a thriving family business that continues today now run by his son.