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Old 05-26-2010, 01:24 AM
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Default Re: Twin Yamaha F115s on a bracketted 23'?

Having the right spare propeller in an emergency is important.

The Town of Palm Beach used to have a 23' SF as a patrol boat, rigged with twin RH rotation Evinrude 235's. It would not plane on a single engine with the normal 27"P props. But we put a single 17"P stainless prop on board as a spare. More than once, it came home using the spare prop on a single running or intact engine, and it came in on plane with the other motor tilted up. When those motors were replaced with CR 150 hp 'Rudes, I was told they could still get on plane with a single engine, trim tabs, and a low pitch prop.

A 23' will NOT plane, however, with a single offset 115 hp motor.
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