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Old 04-07-2008, 09:36 AM
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Default Re: Long Point April 11-12

The Revo is a very nice prop. But believe it or not, on a TRS drive, running offshore, I'd probably reccomend a 3 or 4 blade thru-hub cleaver or near cleaver style prop like the early Yamaha SWS series. The straight back edge on these props, with heavy cupping provides a lot of sternlift. I'll look in Jerry's collection of used SS props in the back room to see what he has.

The downside to cleaver props is a lot of cavitation during accelleration. But for running offshore in your powerband they're very hard to beat, because if you ventilate them hard, (ie; get airborne) they shed the excess air off the blade and bite hard quickly upon re-entry. But if you run hard in a steep swell (short wave period) where you get air a lot, you really need to know how to work the throttle.
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