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Im way behind you :D

23 pitch mirages on a 27' twin engine baja.

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17.5 x 28 4 blade Cleavers

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This thread has been dead for 6 weeks... suddenly "it's alive"........ :D

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to keep with the topic we run 4,5,and 6 blades on our svl . race boat.
the 6 blades out accelerate everything else in our testing . but we have found that this changes with the prop height ( X - dimension) on a pleasure boat with a deep X the less blades that you can still get on plane will normally be faster however if you start lifting the drive height the slippage will go through the roof so if you add blades you can go higher and the net result is a gain ( you seem to gain more from lifting the drive to reduce drag than you lose from increased slippage and as I said the 5 and 6 blades take care o;f that)
Larry SVL #5 wild ride

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I normally have the girlfriend swim with a rope tied to the boat and her.

;)

3 on "other" drive.

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4 blades turbo on my 90 h/p merc for every day use 3 b merc in line chopper for speed runs . :D :D :D :D

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Where you bored or what? :D This thread was at peace, resting for 16 months. :D

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Why are all these people running 3 blades?

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post 29 pic

Very agressive looking and some what prehistoric... :D

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I can't imaging running 3 blades on anything anymore. I remember when everyone was skeptical about going to 4 blades, now 4 blades are so common and even 5 blades are making a big push. I just made the switch last year to 5 blades, not sure if I'm ready for sixers anytime soon... :D