peteyjarns
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First time boat owner, not much experience but am learning fast. So we recently bought a used boat...Starcraft cruiser with OMC sterndrive. So far things have run pretty smooth, haven't had to replace much at all, and fortunately was able to handle it all myself.
Being a first time boat owner, I dinged the prop up pretty bad on about the 4th or 5th time we had it out. Long story short I got flustered by the dock for a moment and the prop hit the pvc guide next to the dock. I know I know, dumb. So now I need a new prop.
The prop that the guy had on the boat is a 13.5" 15p three blade solas. I looked up the number stamped on it and found out its this one here: http://boatpropellers.iboats.com/Solas-Amita-Propellers/2411-135-15/
Now, I don't know anything about boats much, but I've read online that prop matters in terms of lots of things...speed, plane on, hole shoot, etc. So, i have no idea if this is the "right" prop for the boat. I do know the guy who sold me the boat seemed like he knew a thing or two, but not everything, as already some of the stuff he told me I have since found out is inaccurate. But this guy told me "I bought the boat off some kid that didn't know anything about boats, it wasn't running right, I did all this stuff to fix it up, still wasn't running right, and later found out he had the wrong prop on it. I put that prop on it and it runs a lot better know."
So, no clue if that guy made the right call in switching the props. No clue what made him decide that the old prop was wrong or that the new Solas prop was right. But that's what he said.
What I do know is:
I have some pics of the engine attached
Any tips or information would be greatly appreciated.
Being a first time boat owner, I dinged the prop up pretty bad on about the 4th or 5th time we had it out. Long story short I got flustered by the dock for a moment and the prop hit the pvc guide next to the dock. I know I know, dumb. So now I need a new prop.
The prop that the guy had on the boat is a 13.5" 15p three blade solas. I looked up the number stamped on it and found out its this one here: http://boatpropellers.iboats.com/Solas-Amita-Propellers/2411-135-15/
Now, I don't know anything about boats much, but I've read online that prop matters in terms of lots of things...speed, plane on, hole shoot, etc. So, i have no idea if this is the "right" prop for the boat. I do know the guy who sold me the boat seemed like he knew a thing or two, but not everything, as already some of the stuff he told me I have since found out is inaccurate. But this guy told me "I bought the boat off some kid that didn't know anything about boats, it wasn't running right, I did all this stuff to fix it up, still wasn't running right, and later found out he had the wrong prop on it. I put that prop on it and it runs a lot better know."
So, no clue if that guy made the right call in switching the props. No clue what made him decide that the old prop was wrong or that the new Solas prop was right. But that's what he said.
What I do know is:
- the boat usually runs at about 3800-3900 RPM when the throttle lever is pushed all the way forward.
- the boat was struggling to get past 3000 RPM after I buzzed it on the PVC pipe in the lake
- engine model is OMC 262STHRCRA
I have some pics of the engine attached
Any tips or information would be greatly appreciated.