Well he said not to waste the shipping because i will not be happy with 26s. He said he can try working the rear prop to gain a little more but his concern is I may get the cavitation back.

Im going to run them a little more this weekend and see what i want to do. I just need to hang with more Searay friends so i dont have to worry about my speeds too much lol

What does your boat weight?

Approx 8,200lbs.

Will be interesting to see what your final numbers turn out to be. Your about 2K lighter then me.

Just checked tracking on my props, shows the order went to UPS on the 25th and they have not yet been picked up, wonder what's going on with that

Received the props today, nice and shinny and front props are not as wide as the 3x3.


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Might rain tomorrow but showing it will not come in until after 1pm, so that gives me enough time to put them on and give it a try

Im no pro but i did spend the day in a prop shop friday testing props, your old props look like they have zero cup in them, almost like they are worn out

Agree my old 24 pitch props don't have much of any cup, don't think they ever did. As for worn out, they look pretty much the same as when I put them on. Never were polished, have satin finish.

Will made it out for the test this AM prior to the rain. Boat does come up quicker, still no runabout but I did like that. Cruise went to 3800 rpm at 35 mph, so slip reduced but not much, down to about 19%. WOT rpm back up to 5200 but reached a solid 47 mph, so slip is at 20%.

Put another call into Hill to see if they have any other suggestions, but I'm starting to think the boat is at it's limit without some real drastic change. What that change might be, who knows

You can always try a 1/2" spacer in the drive for shats and giggles.

I don't know, you think it might help to get the drive down further below the keel?

Well, if nothing else it should lower the slip numbers and it would be interesting to see what the results are. How deep is the propshaft now?