So I have heard people say some twin engine boats will plane on one. Which seems like a great thing to me if you have engine or drive trouble far from home port. I asked the person I bought my boat from if he had ever tried that with my boat when he owned it. He said no, but he always considered carrying a smaller prop, boat has 32 bravo 4 blades, to swap onto the good drive/engine to run to get home.

That makes sense to me because my boat would definitely plane on the horsepower one engine has divided into 2 engines ( almost 800hp per side). A 33' boat will definitely plane with twin 400hp engines. But in practise how would this work in real life?

Would it be crazy hard on the drive? Obviously these XR's are already stressed past the limit. But would running the boat on one engine/drive, using a 23ish pitch prop just to get home, destroy the drive?

It would be incredibly convenient to have, and storing one extra prop on board is not a big deal. It could be the difference between a 4 hour ride home at idle, and 45min-1hr at 25-30mph. Which would be huge especially if it gets dark.

Has anyone ever done this? What size prop would you recommend for me to carry as my spare?

And yes I know the boat needs Imco's or Arnesons, or 6's etc etc etc................

My 272 sr1 planed on one engine and ran 35 mph. Drives tucked tabs down. Had to leave it that way. It was a small block boat. Stock 350s

Wow, 800 hp per side in a 33 PP? That thing must fly! My Formula 311 would plane on one 415 hp 502 if I was under 1/4 tank with 26 pitch props on. I would think a 25-27 would allow your engine to spin up to power and plane it off, maybe with a 4 blade for better grab. I would think as long as you were easy getting up it would not be too hard on the drive (800 has got to be pretty hard on them.) Taking the dead prop off would probably help too, if you are gonna be pulling props anyway. If you are in Annapolis, check out our club website, www.cbpba.com , we have events all year long to give you a reason to use your boat. (Gratuitous plug)

Is your boat "Wizard of Oz?"

i don't see why a short pitch prop would hurt a drive. every searay-bayliner on the planet would have blown drives alla time if that were the case. maybe even practice with a borrowed prop to see what pitch works. i would think 19 or 21. another thought in a similar scenario. P.S. pump is usually on starboard motor near centerline of boat. what if you got a long belt to run pump off port motor if starboard engine takes a dump? i looked feasible on my Nova.

I was told at one time if you break a bravo 1 there is a 2 in 5 chance you will still have reverse, so i carry a pos LH prop as a get me home prop. Of course the last Time I broke a Bravo I twisted off the vertical shaft.

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No, I bought it from PPlay33 on this site. He boated on the middle Chesapeake Bay.

In theory mine would plane with one engine but in reality it will stay on plane with one motor but there is no way it will get up on plane from a dead stop.. The other issue that has happened a couple of times is the engine with the power steering is the one that is down and then it doesn't matter whether I could get up on plane or not it would just go in a big circle... For that simple reason I have the BoatUS towing insurance and just click the app on my phone and they come and get us and tow us back home... Jim

We can plane many of the 33 and 37 Active Thunders on one engine. But you are not going to do it with your top speed prop.

It will definitely be easier to get on plane without the "dead" prop on. Remove it if you can. Having a spare prop on the boat that is a couple pitches down from your top speed prop would more than likely give you the extra "oomph" to get up on plane.

When on long runs, especially with a group of boats, I usually like to make sure someone has a spare set of matched props. That get's someone home in case of a damaged prop. But carrying another single prop that is pitched down a few now presents a storage problem.

I do like the spare prop holders that are solid mounted in the bilge However, being forced to work in the bilge on a hot motor with sharp edges abound on exposed props; while out in open water is a recipe for catastrophe. As such, one must have prop covers on them although that does not look as pretty while on static display.