one day, one day. 29 yrs old now, God willing I will get that way one day.

LC

2002 yr
twin 350 mpis 185hrs
26" stock bravos
69mph in the fresh
Garmin 421s custom mount till dash redo
Kenwood tunes, remote on dash

I'll bet it breaks 70+ in salt water...more buoyant.

would be nice, just felt a little loose in the salt when I had her in orange beach over new years and didnt pour it on very long. Going to put a bandaide on the steering to see if that calms her down, sidewinders.

LC

Hey LC,

Nice lookin' 292. I see you are running 26" Bravos. Did you downsize to them or did the boat come that way? According to boat test that year and motor combo had the 28" bravos as stock. It seems alot of 292 owner drop one prop size...is this purposefully done or just chance? I see props all over the map for these boats regardless of engine size. Mine came with 28's but the factory said it was sold with stock 30's and later years labbed 32's!

I bought the boat with the 26"ers. I am well into the limiters at a light load, my slip numbers are good about 12% so either the previous owner dropped or the Nelems knew what worked best when they sold the boat.

beautiful looking boat.

So are they alpha drives with bravo props or bravo drives also? What HP did those make, 300 HP?

26" or 28" of pitch seems like a lot, are they 1.5 drives?

Those stepped bottoms must make a heck of a difference. I was looking for a set of 23p props for my old 272, wondering if I should look at 25's with the vortec motors now pushing close to 300hp?

Brian...we have a lot more viscous friction than the step hull guys do ...as you well know. My personal experience with a new 272 LS with twin 320 horse EFI's and Alpha SS drives had my best overall performance with 23" full blade SS props. I could hold 70 "speedo" at 5600 RPM and with cleavers in 23" I could see 75. I think with the Mirage Plus technology we have now we are going to see the same numbers from a 21" Mirage Plus. That will be my starting point on my 255 with Bravo I's.

Befu,

Bravo drives
1.65 GR
26" pitch
300 HP per 350 MPI

292 are 29'2" over all lenght and weigh about 8000lbs. I am willing to be your 272 is larger or same size to the newer 292 with steps. But yes the steps do really work, you can "feel" the lift above 4000 rpms.

Oh yeah...big difference. A 255 Lib/272LS from the '80's weighs about 5600 and 25'-5"/27'-2" overall. Same general performance with similar power BUT...2500 lbs lighter. I would be willing to bet your GPH is on par with ours even with you having 2500lbs more displacement.

Loose...I will say this. The old ones stay glued to the water and cut hard at just about any speed.

Step hulls are very much more efficient.

Nice Lookin boat.