[muddywater]

Hey BigShrimpin [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I am actually jumping the gun here, but I like to do my research. There is an interesting thread over at continuouswave.com about the High Five props. The general consensus seems to be that they have great hole shot, good holding power, and you lose a bit on the top end. There seemed to be some debate over how high it needed to be mounted. Mounting high seems like it would be a problem for rough water. I wonder how one of those babies would run on a bracketed boat raised up a couple inches.

As for aluminum, I would be buying a new prop every year if I had to go Al. I have hit submerged trees, pipelines, oyster reefs, and even a few submerged cars, boats, street curbs, and fences (Katrina and Rita) and my lower unit is holding up (knock on wood). There wouldn't be anything left for the prop shop to fix if I was using an Al prop. I never really had to worry about rocks though, we don't have any down here.