sportrider
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2014
- Messages
- 129
I have a 1989 Maxum 2000xr powered buy a force 125ob, when I bought the boat it had a 13 x 17 mich match prop on it. I could tell it was over propped and dropped to a mich match 13 x 15p. I'm currently pulling 5100rpm at WOT and running 31mph on GPS with the boat loaded. (4 people 3/4 tank fuel, ice chests etc.) I am able to get up on skis behind the boat, but I know how to ski and kinda fight my way up. I'm attempting to get a bunch more holeshot out of the boat to help get the kids and wife up on skis. the engine is rated for 5500prm max so I should still be ok loaded at WOT if I drop to a 13p prop. when I dropped from the 17p to the 15p I gained 3-4mph on top and the holeshot was noticably better as well as the throttle response. should I just stick with a 3 blade and drop to a 13p or is the 4 blade the way to go? the way the boat responded to the 15p really woke it up, I'm hoping for the same effect again.