Hi,
I have a boat and need to know if the prop it has is the right size. I tend to doubt it is as it cabitates.
Boat:
2001 Striper WA with hard top
Engine:
2006 BF 150A HP Engine with whale aluminum hydrofoil
Prop
Honda SS S3X14 3/4X16R.
I use the boat in the ocean in So Cal and usually have 4 people with fishing gear, bait tank full etc. The engine goes up to 5900 RPMs and up to 32 knots p/h (under very good and flat conditions).
When heavy, the boat has a slow out of the hole and sometimes will not plane and it feels as if the boat was dragging something VERY heavy and will not go any faster than 10 knots until the prop "catches up" and then it gets going. I believe this is cavitation.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a boat and need to know if the prop it has is the right size. I tend to doubt it is as it cabitates.
Boat:
2001 Striper WA with hard top
Engine:
2006 BF 150A HP Engine with whale aluminum hydrofoil
Prop
Honda SS S3X14 3/4X16R.
I use the boat in the ocean in So Cal and usually have 4 people with fishing gear, bait tank full etc. The engine goes up to 5900 RPMs and up to 32 knots p/h (under very good and flat conditions).
When heavy, the boat has a slow out of the hole and sometimes will not plane and it feels as if the boat was dragging something VERY heavy and will not go any faster than 10 knots until the prop "catches up" and then it gets going. I believe this is cavitation.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.