34 Excel propeller help please
 

I am hoping those of you on here with vast more experiance and knowledge then I might be able to provide some guidance on which prop would be best for me boat.

I have a 1991 34 Scarab excel. two 365's with bravo ones. currently I have 21 pitchs mirage props on her. At 5000RPM i get about 55 trimmed up to 3-4 on the dials.

A good friend has the same boat, he is running 23 pitch mirage and runs about the same.

I feel like a have a hole shot that is a bit too good for this size boat and would be happy to give up some to get more on the top end.
Not sure what pitch I should move to, or 3 vs 4 blade props.

Owners manual says not to exceed 5000 PRMs, which is just about where I am at now full in.

Any guidance from those of you in the know would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS

Go with 24" four blade bravo one's. My 34' runs 65 at 4800rpms and 45 at 2800rpms.

i run 22p hydro q4's. the 24p bravo ones hurt my speed, with low rpms.

i just turned my drives inward, and noticed a nice speed gain though.

Thank you for the feed back- I'll give those a try and see how it works out.

Thanks again- happy boating