chambers1517
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Aug 14, 2009
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OK here is a complicated question I keep going round and round with. A friend has a wakeboard boat. It has a 400hp v drive. It pulls hard but pushes alot of water and tops out at around 40. It takes 400hp to push his boat to 40mph. I have a 23' Caravelle interceptor with a 300hp 350mag that tops out at almost 60. It takes 300hp to push my boat to 60. If I propped my boat to top out at 40, would it pull as hard as the v drive? I should also get considerably better mileage at 40 since I would be closer to half throttle. Would a sterndrive severly underpropped hold plane at a much lower speed or be able to push water so it wouldn't matter if it was planed or not.