I saw that posting! Too bad I didn't catch it a bit sooner, that guy got a great deal! Stock bravo for now, I'll keep you looped in to what happens with it, will be light on the throttles - again thanks for your replies and insight

I have one added to the cart as we speak, I want to run it stock before I pull the trigger it. I heard this hull gets a bit loose after 65-70mph so I don't plan on pushing it past that often. Will 100% upgrade to external steering in the future, though. Great advice

I'd rather have a bit too little prop than too much when starting out, glad to hear the b28 is working in your situation. I'll start with one of those and go from there. May very well end up with a 30 or 32 depending on how it spins

Checkmate,

Yup. Creeping up on it is definitely a wise approach. There are those who might suggest you've got more HP than the hull can handle. I call BS on that. I grew up on a 21' Nordic daycruiser with a 482/6-71/V-drive that my dad affectionately call the "Homesick Angle". It would easily plane off at 2200RPM and could maintain plane at 1900. At 6200 RPM, we were tickling 85MPH and running about as dry as a boat has any right to. Your numbers are going to be different, but I think you're gonna be in that same realm. It's gonna be a hoot. You built all those HP. Now ya gotta load 'em up. I'm betting you're going to spin a B28 like it ain't even in the water. Curious to see how it goes and where you end up.

Thanks. Brad.
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That nordic sounds like a screamer! 85 in a 21' seems pretty scary, better have some steady hands! Do you think a 5 blade would be fine in my situation? There is a decent deal on a 5 blade 28" near me, comparatively to new props, at least

Doubtful. Most likely your drive is deep in the water. Most small boats with Alfalfa’s where. This is assuming you didn’t raise drive height when you installed Bravo. Or did you ?

Correct, didn't change the height at all, x dimension should be the same. Lower unit has low water pickup, not dual side, but I heard it's the same aside from that change. I should stick to 4 blade?

5 blade is typically for high x dimension when a 4 blade is not grabbing enough water and slipping. Small performance boats don't usually need a lot of blade area. Many run 3 blades also.

Checkmate,

This....

On our Rinker 236 we had before the PQ280, we bought it with a 22P 4B of some unknown make that had been reworked to 21P. The boat rode really wet, and maxed out at about 51MPH. We switched to a 23P 3B of an unknown make (it was an even "try it, keep it if you like it" swap) and the boat came alive. It rode on it ass like it was supposed to and topped out at 60MPH even.

You might try a Mirage Plus 27 or 29P. I'm still betting you'll be over 30P before the engine is happy.

Thanks. Brad.
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Spot on, props to you both for chiming in - a few market places have a testing period that I'll take advantage of. Starting with a 28 4 blade and potentially moving to a 30 or 32 as needed. Maybe in the future my curiosity will get the best of me and mess with a 5 blade to see what happens for ****s and giggles

Checkmate,

It's a solid hob, but it is a cheap test for a 3B prop.

Mercury Marine Mirage Plus 48-821720 a50 29p | eBay

Thanks. Brad.
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