Kravchenko
Recruit
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2019
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- 3
Hey there,
My boat:
2007 Crestliner 1800 Sportfish
4.3 Mercruiser with MPI
Alpha one outdrive with 1.62 gear ratio
Boat came with a 19 pitch by 14" quicksilver Silverado stainless steel prop. My boat runs pretty well on it except for the follow issues I am looking to address:
1) My wife, who slalom skis says the holeshot is not as good as our old 16 foot starcraft with a 75 HP etec.
2) With a full load (2 adults, 3 children - 7 years and 2x four years), bow mount trolling motor, cooler, fishing gear, 3 batteries and all the what-not, my boat will still hit 80 km/h (gps clocked) when it is fairly calm and I can trim out nice. Problem is, is that it also hits 5000 RPM according to my tach. With a lesser load, it appears to hit 5200. Boat should only go up to 4800 RPM. Tach might not be accurate, for certain though.
I want more hole shot, yet i do not want to gain any more RPM, so simply dropping pitch is not my preferred solution. I am willing to lose about 5-7 km/h. I am thinking of getting a 4 blade prop that is also 19p. I am in Canada, so I do not want to experiment with incredibly expensive stainless props unless I have to. No one lets you test out a prop and then exchange it around here.
I am thinking of getting a Turning Point Hustler 4 blade prop. They are "squeeze cast" which supposedly makes them almost as ridged as stainless. The part number is 21501930. They are reasonable priced and locally available here in Winnipeg. I also looked at stainless props like quicksilver Typhoon, Merc Rev4 and High Five. Just too much money.
Any other suggestions? I do not want to drill into the transom and any tabs will likely interfere with the location of my fish sonar.
Thanks for reading and your thoughts.
My boat:
2007 Crestliner 1800 Sportfish
4.3 Mercruiser with MPI
Alpha one outdrive with 1.62 gear ratio
Boat came with a 19 pitch by 14" quicksilver Silverado stainless steel prop. My boat runs pretty well on it except for the follow issues I am looking to address:
1) My wife, who slalom skis says the holeshot is not as good as our old 16 foot starcraft with a 75 HP etec.
2) With a full load (2 adults, 3 children - 7 years and 2x four years), bow mount trolling motor, cooler, fishing gear, 3 batteries and all the what-not, my boat will still hit 80 km/h (gps clocked) when it is fairly calm and I can trim out nice. Problem is, is that it also hits 5000 RPM according to my tach. With a lesser load, it appears to hit 5200. Boat should only go up to 4800 RPM. Tach might not be accurate, for certain though.
I want more hole shot, yet i do not want to gain any more RPM, so simply dropping pitch is not my preferred solution. I am willing to lose about 5-7 km/h. I am thinking of getting a 4 blade prop that is also 19p. I am in Canada, so I do not want to experiment with incredibly expensive stainless props unless I have to. No one lets you test out a prop and then exchange it around here.
I am thinking of getting a Turning Point Hustler 4 blade prop. They are "squeeze cast" which supposedly makes them almost as ridged as stainless. The part number is 21501930. They are reasonable priced and locally available here in Winnipeg. I also looked at stainless props like quicksilver Typhoon, Merc Rev4 and High Five. Just too much money.
Any other suggestions? I do not want to drill into the transom and any tabs will likely interfere with the location of my fish sonar.
Thanks for reading and your thoughts.