Last I looked, those Enertia props are not made for a Bravo 3...so no...would never buy them.
I wouldn't buy a stainless prop for a 90HP Mercury outboard on a pontoon boat either.
When was the last time you actually set eyes on a Solas stainless prop?
What are you running? Boat? Engine? Drive? Prop?
Hi Bruce. The solas prop I had, came on a 16ft boat with a 90 merc. Don’t quote me on it…but I think it might have been a solas titan or similar at least. 19” 3 blade. I put a black max ally prop on it to try out. Being fair..the solas ran better than the black max certainly..then I put a laser 2 on it I’m sure. The laser had better results overall. I then ran a seemingly identical solas from a friends boat. It behaved a little differently from the solas of mine for some reason. Same day and conditions.
But in the grand scheme of things, the variance amongst them all was within 2/3 mph at most. We are talking a boat that ran moderate speeds of around the early 40’s really.
To answer your questions otherwise..I haven’t seen, had or held a solas prop that was produced in any recent years to be honest with you. Maybe they have improved vastly. Funnily enough though, that particular one I had on that boat…I took off at the time..kept in the garage..and literally only last year there, I gave it away to a friend as a spare.
As for the boats I currently have;
2003 Campion Chase Performance edition with a v8 mpi Mercruiser, cam and Corsa full system.
2001 Fletcher 19 GTO with a 2016 2.1 litre Mercury/Mariner 115 CT
1984 Glastron Roger Clark UK built CVX16 with a Mercury 2.0 v6 150 (XR2 I think).
I’m not adverse to the idea of trying any sort of prop out on any of the above. More than happy to in fact. God knows I’ve tried more than any sensible man should on the Chase over the years. Literally lost count in fact. I have more props in the garage than I can remember at the minute !
But I usually go between only a few of my favourite props mostly. That would be the enertia, tempest plus and the good old trusty laser 2’s.
The Chase usually runs a 20 or 21” enertia laser or tempest plus for all round performance. It will see the rpm limiter if you let it with these though. Usually around mid to late 60’s at best. The bottom end can suffer if she’s set up with more pitch though.
The Fletcher 19 deep v cuddy usually runs either a 19” tempest plus or a 20” enertia. Will see between 43 and 45 mph gps with each. Very impressive for what she is.
The CVX is still an unknown for its true top end capabilities../but the trials so far with laser 2 and ballistic 23” see it manage an easy late 60’s with lots of bravery to get through the early 60’s chine walk…but she needs more pitch for sure. She is a fair way over the ideal rpm with only 23”. Needs a 25” at least for the next run out.
