Take a pic of your props from the back side - want to see how they are clocked (timed / phased)

rotate your props so that one blade is dead center lined up with the anti ventilation plate then take a pic and post it

Now that you mention it, to my untrained eye, they don't look right.

more so with 3 blade and 3 blade set your props up dead center blade to as shown in the pic on thread # 31 in the link below. Since you have 4 blade up front and 3 balde on back still give it a try as to position your a front blade center and the rear prop blade center bottom position exactly. See if your boat handles or planes quicker or has tad bit bit more speed.

Report back what happens when you set up props like the pic in post # 31 below.. Thanks.

Again 3 / 3 blade props really do make difference as a clover leaf pattern set up and your 4 /3 blades not as much but I still would like to see what takes place by trying it. THX

Link and post # 31 pic hopes shows you exactly what I am talking about for clocking the props. Mercruiser Blackhawks require these prop positions, Just saying.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...r-drive-4.html

So, I should clock them to fill in the gaps as much as possible?

Dude forget about clocking the props. Get them fixed. Looks like you ran through a shoal.

Yipper, 2nd outing with new props and I dinged them on a rock.
They will be fixed over the winter.