low rake prop

[Bigshrimpin]

Muddy - I can't begin to tell you how much difference a prop makes in the ride of my boat. I don't like the 17 pitch rapture prop on my Seacraft 20 MA. There was too much bow lift and it was SLOW 44mph max.

I have two other aluminum props . . . cause most of my boating is done in the Sacramento Delta (This week there are lots of trees floating down the river.)

With a stock Yamaha 19" alumunum prop my old 225 can turn 48/49 mph @ 5500/5600 . . . it's got some bow lift but not as much as the Rapture (or the stiletto that was on the FICHT).

The best prop I have is a 14.5" x 17pitch Alumuinum low rake prop Merc Prop. I can hit 47mph and the bow stays down when I accelerate. There seems to be a little stern lift too. I held my prop next to a 17 mirage ($525) at a local boat dealer and the rake is very similar to the Mirage, but the Mirage is much larger in Diameter.

I would definitely get the 17p mirage . . .
one other prop that looks promising is the 17P High Five Mercury.