I suspect that if you go 4 blade you will be happier in the snotty new england stuff with a 15P. I know the (Solas Amita Aluminum) 17P 4 blade is too much for the F100, even with more lower unit reduction(2.31 verus 2.00). It will run it, but hole shot is poor. If you can get the (expensive) yamaha stainless 16P 4 blade, that might be the ticket.
A $100 solas amita 4blade 17P might be cheap enough to try and an ok back up prop if it was a little too much for a fully loaded boat.
|