Re: WOT for first time - 5300 RPMs - HELP!!
I still wouldn't be in all that much of a hurry to be switching props just yet. How many people did you have with you, was there a couple of hundred pounds of the stuff people carry in boats aboard, how about a couple of hundred pounds of ice? Was it full of fuel or with a light tank at the time?<br /><br />Just about any dealer will do prop exchanges until you get it right, so I wouldn't worry about that, other than I'd call them up and tell they that they could be expecting you. But then, before I broke out the adjustable wrench, I'd load that boat up and take it for another spin, put it into a headsea too. See how it acts then.<br /><br />I can tell you that I'd rather be low on pitcth than high on pitch any day. It will allow you to hold on plane at a lower speed, it will allow the boat to fight a head sea at a lower speed without falling flat on its nose too. One will give you a bunch better accelleration and all you have to do in return use a little eye-hand coordination when you watch that tach. I'd much rather have the advantages you get from to low a pitch than a couple of more miles per hour on the top end and besides that, using the lower pitch prop will be much easier on your engine and drivetrain, and over time that always pays off.<br /><br />Thom
