Mercury stopped making 34 Bravo1 props,
According to Teague, Mercury stopped producing greater pitches than 32 in their Bravo line. I don’t know what is supposed to replace them? I know they have started making 600hp cleavers for bravo style drives but I think retail on them is 4 or 6k per prop. Looks like they are making some new designs with the high performance outboards in mind but I don’t know how they compare.
I have a DCB 29 with twin Ilmor 625’s and the boat came with 32 Hering 6 blades which work well but are too thin for boating here at Lake Cumberland where we have nothing but logs floating everywhere. I looked on Herings website and they do make some 4 blades which I might just have to try? |
You have tried Maximus 5 blades?
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No not yet. Probably a good bet to work. Most users of the same powered 29’s reported the best overall performance with the bravo 1’s which are less expensive and easier on drives.
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Agree SkiDoc. Often other high performance, much much more expensive props are recommended, but It's very hard to beat the Bravo 1 for all around use. Reversing, good grip when idling around or docking, cruising speeds, and close enough WOT speeds,
Merc hit it on the nose with these props - that's why there's a milliion of the 26's and 28's out there. What's Interesting, although they had a few less mph top end, I've run 26's that were 2-3 mph faster than the 28's at mid rpm cruising with average boat loads. surprised me, but just less slip at those speeds i presume. Not sure if the blade area is bigger on the 26's ?? |
I spent a lot of money to get 34's to work properly on a 35 Fountain (likely a different issue than you might experience). Once up and going, they were very fast - but getting there took a lot of effort. BBlades did all of my work. Have you called Brett to see if he has any?
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Originally Posted by SkiDoc
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No not yet. Probably a good bet to work. Most users of the same powered 29’s reported the best overall performance with the bravo 1’s which are less expensive and easier on drives.
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I have a set of bravo 35 pitch, I would sell.
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I called and left a message with BBlades yesterday. They said they had several employees on vacation this week and have not been able to get in touch.
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