Prop Selection and Planing

Mangas

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Aug 8, 2002
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I am new to boating and have a few basic questions. I have recently purchased a 18' Baja with a 200hp Black max outboard. I have tried a 21" pitch aluminum prop that worked well for waterskiing, it feels very torquey and the boat planes very quickly. Incidently, top speed is close to 60mph with this prop. I also tried a 25" SS prop it did not have nearly as much torque and top speed was over 70mph. <br />My question is: With the 25" SS prop, it struggled to plane, and almost felt like it was going to stall although it didn't. Now I proceeded to built up speed slowly when it did this, as I gave it more gas it almost felt as if I was standing still. After about 30 sec the boat planed however.<br /><br />Am I overpropped with the 25" SS prop for this type of boat..and if so what type/size prop would be best for all around performance<br /><br />Thank you in advance
 

Spidybot

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Re: Prop Selection and Planing

Hey Mangas,<br /><br />I've asnwered to this post where you posted it under another forum.<br /><br />Double posting ain't good - impossible to know where to answer and impossible to follow thread.
 
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