[ripndip]

I'm glad to see you have a sense of humor. It's almost impossible to exist these days without one.

One of my clients has three boats, a 65 Buddy Davis, a 35 Cigarette, and a 26 Regulator. The Cigarette is a classic, and he just put new engines in. He listened to the guy who sold him the engines on the original set of props, and was unhappy with the ride and speed of the boat- it wanted to porpoise and wasn't any faster when he increased horsepower by 100 a side. I suggested trying a different set of props for the ride, and also suggested he could try spinning the props in. He has tried several sets of props since then, and was instantly pleased with the first set/smaller diameter/more pitch which I switched and then seatrialed with/for him. He has since switched the drives and turned the props in and has picked up speed and ride and is now looking for an even higher pitch set of props.

Because of this result, he is now going to try spinning the props in on the '08 26 Regulator. It is another heavy center console deep V boat. I will let you know the results when he tells me.

I spoke with Ken? from Prop Gods regarding spinning props inward, and he agreed that it can yield positive results in some applications. He told me of a boat he tried it on-27 Fountain with very bad results. I guess with the "reliefs" in the bottom of the boat combined with the props spinning in he was unable to get the boat on plane and immediately switched them back. I have also heard of a few people trying to do it with Contenders. Not good results with those. Not really a surprise as the 23' Contender has the exact same length and width as a 23 Seacraft with more (23 degrees) deadrise and weighs 800 lbs. less. They are light boats that don't do well with stern lift, and IMO don't do well anyway!

It is just impossible to say what will happen until you try.