Put the new prop on today and hit the water. What a difference! So much better. The boat still gets up easy peasy but it cruises far nicer with less RPM and the speed on the top end is much better as...
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Put the new prop on today and hit the water. What a difference! So much better. The boat still gets up easy peasy but it cruises far nicer with less RPM and the speed on the top end is much better as...
Alright, been on the phone a bit today talking to my local Honda Marine Dealer, Surtees, Prop Specialists etc and most of them have agreed my setup is not right and I should probably switch to a 3...
Just been chatting to the guy we bought it off and he said a 16p 3 blade is what a few people running the same boat / outboard seemed to find best so might have to give that a go.
5000 rpm atm gives me around about 40 - 43kph if I remember right. Sorry - my brain likes to think in kph and m/s rather then knots haha.
Should have provided a bit more info in the first post sorry. The guy I bought it off was doing a lot of bar crossings at port waikato to head out chasing big fish etc and he told me when we picked...
Happy new year to everyone on here. First post for 2024 as i’ve been too busy doing summer holiday things with the family. Hopefully everyone else has hooked into their own form of the same.
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