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  1. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    With just me it hit 24 bouncing on the rev limiter, but I feel the motor needs to go down now.
  2. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Slight chop with a decent head wind, I hit 21mph @ 5000rpm with all 5 kids on board .new prop 4 blade 13.8” with a pitch of 13” slip calc is 29% bit sure it’s going to get much better than that.
  3. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Chesapeake Bay is in Virginia / Maryland so it should be *F lol. I did check the toons when I first got it, they have the usual stress cracks along the welds where the deck attaches to them, out of the 6 compartments only 1 was actually watertight, the others had a couple gallons of water in...
  4. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    yes coil cleaner is a mild acid, I run a service department for a large mechanical contractor and have both hvac and plumbers working for me. The urinal stuff is bad too lol we use it often. Years ago I bought actual pontoon cleaner for a project I was working on and that was super expensive…I...
  5. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Got the new tach installed today, and started cleaning the pontoons. Since I’m in the HVAC trade I just used coil cleaner, it works wonders lol. Can’t figure out how to post pics or I would, keeps saying they are to big. Prop is scheduled to be here tomorrow and as long as the weather holds up...
  6. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    ha-ha, let me go get one from the airport or shipyard. I mean they figured out how to make variable pitch turbos.... why not a 14" propeller lol.
  7. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    It does bounce off the rev limiter, no I didn’t verify the tach but the speed is 100% accurate from a graph that’s worth more than the entire boat. and yes I can add more pitch, which “may” lower the RPM and possibly get more speed…. But I’m concerned it doesn’t address the 49% slip issue which...
  8. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    I actually ordered a new tach because I thought it may be high and it’s 24yrs old. I also ordered a 4 blade aluminum mercury nemesis 13.8 x 13p from Amazon as a starting point I figure I can either return it, or it would be a decent prop for summer fun pulling a tube but should give me an idea...
  9. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Yea I have a habit of fixing things that are not broken lol, the prop is getting replaced no matter what, I’m just trying find the most cost effective way to do it and get the correct results. The hub is definitely not spinning, I checked that first. When under way the bottom of the v transom is...
  10. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    Vent plate is well below the motor pod, The boat is an 02 fisher 22 dlx or something like that and the motor is an 02 mercury 125 2+2
  11. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    How long does it take yours to get to operating range at WOT I feel like mine gets there extremely fast it gets out of the hole and almost instantly is at the operating range. I just got home and double checked, I have 26” pontoons and the cavitation/ventilation plate is about 8” below the...
  12. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    24" toons, I also thought the motor may be too high, but it sits as low as it will go on the transom and it is the factory mounted motor for the boat. operating range is 4750-5250 and 5450rpm is the rev limiter, the aluminum prop has small knicks on the end of a couple of blades, but I don't...
  13. J

    22' pontoon prop question.

    I know it has probably been covered and recovered a million times, but there is allot of mixed reviews on the subject. I recently bought a new to me pontoon boat, it's a 2002 22' fisher with a 2002 mercury 125 2 stroke and gear ratio of 2.07 and no lifting strakes or anything like that. Its...
  14. J

    I bought my first Pontoon Boat project.

    Im a new guy from Texas, and bought my first Pontoon Project. Its a 85 suntracker 24' party barge with a running 87 evinrude 110. I paid next to nothing for it with a clean title for a boat and a clean title for the motor. I am having a hard time verifying the HIN because for the life of me i...
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