Hello All,
Newbie here just trying to learn the in's and out's of prop calculation. I currently own a 17ft Dixie Bandit 3.0L 140 Mercruiser. I have a 14.5 x 17 MW on the boat. It pulls me right out of the water (250) on a set of skis great. What i am looking for are those long trips propellers. I would have about 800-1000lb of people/gear on the boat. My current RPM's at WOT can climb almost into the 5200 range which i know isn't good so i keep it around 4600 to only get about 31ish on a good day. I would like to achieve around 45+ mph if possible. I would keep the 17 pitch prop on the boat for those weekends when we wanted to ski and just swap it out in the parking lot. What would get me at my goal speed and a managable RPM 4200ish. I am currently residing in Durham NC so i'm not to far above sea level. Thanks for the help.
PS. if i posted this in the wrong place i'm sorry.
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Newbie here just trying to learn the in's and out's of prop calculation. I currently own a 17ft Dixie Bandit 3.0L 140 Mercruiser. I have a 14.5 x 17 MW on the boat. It pulls me right out of the water (250) on a set of skis great. What i am looking for are those long trips propellers. I would have about 800-1000lb of people/gear on the boat. My current RPM's at WOT can climb almost into the 5200 range which i know isn't good so i keep it around 4600 to only get about 31ish on a good day. I would like to achieve around 45+ mph if possible. I would keep the 17 pitch prop on the boat for those weekends when we wanted to ski and just swap it out in the parking lot. What would get me at my goal speed and a managable RPM 4200ish. I am currently residing in Durham NC so i'm not to far above sea level. Thanks for the help.
PS. if i posted this in the wrong place i'm sorry.
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