[lobo1]

well - I have very limited experience in this arena and am open to any and all advice (to consider) but what I have been told by some prop people is that in choppy seas .............

"It sounds like you are probably pulling surface air into the props in the chop. This can be a common problem during certain wave conditions, and it more prevalent with bracket mounted motors or stepped hull designs that tend to pull air under and channel it back to the prop"......if that is the case, going to a 4 blade prop won't make a difference, it will slip the same way...."

just a few excerpts -

any thoughts?