34 Excel propeller help please

[Playinwithfire]

I am hoping those of you on here with vast more experiance and knowledge then I might be able to provide some guidance on which prop would be best for me boat.

I have a 1991 34 Scarab excel. two 365's with bravo ones. currently I have 21 pitchs mirage props on her. At 5000RPM i get about 55 trimmed up to 3-4 on the dials.

A good friend has the same boat, he is running 23 pitch mirage and runs about the same.

I feel like a have a hole shot that is a bit too good for this size boat and would be happy to give up some to get more on the top end.
Not sure what pitch I should move to, or 3 vs 4 blade props.

Owners manual says not to exceed 5000 PRMs, which is just about where I am at now full in.

Any guidance from those of you in the know would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS

[scarabman34]

Go with 24" four blade bravo one's. My 34' runs 65 at 4800rpms and 45 at 2800rpms.

[la-zdunck]

i run 22p hydro q4's. the 24p bravo ones hurt my speed, with low rpms.

i just turned my drives inward, and noticed a nice speed gain though.

[Playinwithfire]

Thank you for the feed back- I'll give those a try and see how it works out.

Thanks again- happy boating