Prop for 1977 18SF with Suzuki 140

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I had one guy in front of the console and another next to me. We are both 6'2" between 230-240 lbs, lots of weight in the back fer sure. I will typically only be fishing 2 in the boat, me at the helm and the other guy in front of the console. I was thinking about a doelfin and maybe moving the console up about 5 inches from its stock location and going with a small leaning post to replace the stock seat. I want to avoid putting on trim tabs. Next weekend I will take a bunch of pictures and better observations on planning speed, time to plane, etc. It looks like the 14 inch wheel is the biggest that fits on the 140. Aside from the unnerving bow high shot when you first get on her and the delay until it squats down on plane, the performance of this 3 blade 14/20 is pretty good. I can pull 6000 rpms matted and even at 4500 I am cruising 28-29 knots. I will mix up the engine speed more to see how it behaves and report back.