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I bought this boat used and that prop came on it. The manual says 5500-6000 WOT.
Prop dealer says I should use a 3 blade AL, 13.25 dia with 17" pitch.
Just wondering if I should go with that suggestion or if someone else has a better justified suggestion.
The Polarcraft is a 178 SC aluminum...
I have a 2003 Polarcraft aluminum deep v bottom fishing boat with yamaha 90 four stroke motor. The prop that is on it now is a Solas 3411-130-21 15 spline. The problem is that with four large size men the boat was hard to get on plane and would not get over 4200 rpm. Any suggestions would be...