Thanks I will give him a call.

I will be testing the five blade mercury maximus this next weekend and I'll let you know how it goes.

Interested to hear how testing went. Brett at BBlades was FANTASTIC when we worked with him on a single bravo XR application. The right pitch and cup made ALL the difference in the world on the 4-blade bravo prop. I've only seen 5-blade in the larger #6 setups, but can imagine they could work ok...would be concerned about over-torquing the drive with that much blade in the water.

Was able to test and get the boat to Key West this last week. Due to limited funding, I purchased the 24" pitch five blade maximum props, rotated outward, and cruised about identical to the bravo 3 xr props I was using. Boat is a little slower on plan, but I certainly expected that. Top speed was about the same at 60 mph at 4800/4600 rpms. I do have one engine about 200 rpm's down and will look to change plugs, check compression, etc. I did put new fuel filters in. I also purchased ventilating inserts that helped me with a little more rpm during the plaining process. They were a huge improvement over the four blades and the boat runs much smoother at cruise speed which is 95% of my boating experience. I plan on having Brett tune them up next winter when I get some extra funds to bring the rpms up to 5K. I think my drives are going to last much longer without the solid hub bravo 3 xr props.