Firestar
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2006
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Hello, I am new here and I need some advice.I've read a few forums and this seems like the best place for me to get some help.I have a 1996 Celebrity 21ft FireStar Cuddy. 350 Magnum FI Bravo1. I have a 23P Mirage on it now. I like the prop when less then 5 people onboard. If I have my 2 buddies both pushing 300lbs. their wives about close to 200 each..(they will never see this thread)..I hope anyway.., My girl 135 and me 200 the boat won't plane off until I get the big boys up by the wheel. If I bought a Bravo1 22p what do you think would be my gains and losses? the Mirage is a 14 5/8 X23 3B. The Bravo1 is a 15 1/8 X 22P 4B both stainless. I would like to be able to plane off without having people move around and still maintaining a decent top end. I don't pull skiers very often. I only pulled one guy and got him up barefoot with 3 people in the boat. That was with the Mirage. I bought a 19P Rapture but it is to small..I have to watch the rpms closely and it slips to much out of the hole. With only my girlfriend and I aboard the Mirage tops out in the mid to upper 60's. RPM's are right about 4900. Do you think I could swing the Bravo1 being that it is larger? I was also looking at the Solas HR Titan. The problem I have is that it is a 14in Diameter. I'm concerned about slip. Also, I read on Mercurys site that when replacing a Mirage with a Bravo1 that you should drop 1in. in pitch. I figured because the Bravo is a larger Dia. prop. With the Solas being a smaller Dia. would one stay with a 23P in the Solas? Also would I have to worry about slip with the Solas being a smaller Dia.?