Jmemoli,was going over my notes on vixen last night,i always wrote everything down when i tried somthing different and i found ware i had tried a 15 an half 26 hydromotive prop and it plain killed the performance.Now maybe at 17 it might have worked,i dont no.Is your boat at Richys shop in the Cape?

Mel,
I believe Rich Jr. is doing the transom work at his NJ shop.

Robert,forgot about JR being up there,getting old i guess.

Thanks for the feedback Mel . Actually Richie Jr. here in Nj is doing the work .

I know what you mean about being close to the sweet spot - My older mag with twins was set up at 16 1/2 , and just broke the mirage plus' loose when getting on plane , which i think were around 14 1/2 diameter .
My last Pantera (same bottom) had around a 17 " (per Joe atPantera ) which worked really well, but did have lots of slip when cruising .
Sounds like 16 3/4 may be the magic number ? Prop wise I will probably stick with the B1s, which tend to work pretty well with these boats .

Transom is complete - X is set at 16 1/2 -Thanks Mel !

Looks like no takers out there on her . Guess we'll just have to race heragain

Go get um Jerry