Newbie to Boats and need prop help

[spankym13]

Hey ya'll! Well im new to boats, and am buying my first one this sat the 14th of june! It's a 1999 sea~ ray 180 Bowrider, with a 3.0 mercruiser,alpha one sterndrive. Could some one help me with what would be a good prop to run with this? I live in colorado so kinda high up.

 

[rndn]

Re: Newbie to Boats and need prop help

Welcome to the forum!!
It's kind of hard to suggest a prop without knowing how the boat is running with the current setup. Things such as rpm's at wide open throttle (WOT) and speed are needed to fine tune the selection process.

 

[spankym13]

Re: Newbie to Boats and need prop help

Ok picked up the boat sat. And ran it this weekend. Im unsure of MPH. But I do know it's a 15.25x15pitch prop ( real Beat up). And at WOT I was running between 4200-4300 RPM.

 

[steelespike]

Re: Newbie to Boats and need prop help

Not an expert but the first thing that comes to me is that beatup prop could be sucking up some rpm.Seems to me get the prop repaired try again if less pitch seems in order go down to a 13 seems real light but I guess that would be from the elevation.