Re-powering my seacraft

[Bushwacker]

On the BRP props, I think the Viper is a high speed prop that most of the dealers seem to be pushing, but for a 3B prop, the Rebel has a lot more blade area and acts somewhat like a 4B with lots of stern lift, sort of like the Merc Mirage. I tried a 15.25 X 17P Mirage 3+, but it wasn't as good as my 4B 14.125 x 20 Apollo, and I couldn't reach optimum rpm with either one at max load. My 15x15 4B PowerTech is a better heavy load prop than either of them. Would like to try a 15P Rebel, but it supposedly has very low slippage and acts like it has more pitch than advertised, so not sure I could turn it to optimum RPM.

[infanterene]

Originally Posted by Bushwacker

On the BRP props, I think the Viper is a high speed prop that most of the dealers seem to be pushing, but for a 3B prop, the Rebel has a lot more blade area and acts somewhat like a 4B with lots of stern lift, sort of like the Merc Mirage. I tried a 15.25 X 17P Mirage 3+, but it wasn't as good as my 4B 14.125 x 20 Apollo, and I couldn't reach optimum rpm with either one at max load. My 15x15 4B PowerTech is a better heavy load prop than either of them. Would like to try a 15P Rebel, but it supposedly has very low slippage and acts like it has more pitch than advertised, so not sure I could turn it to optimum RPM.

I dont understand how you can turn a 4B 14.125 x 20 and I cant turn 4B 14.5 x 17?

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by infanterene

I dont understand how you can turn a 4B 14.125 x 20 and I cant turn 4B 14.5 x 17?

I COULDN'T turn the big Apollo prop either! Only got about 5200 rpm (but 49.9 mph!) with a light load, and only 4600 with my typical cruising load! It would be a great prop if I was running 3.3L 225 HP E-Tec, but that's another 100 lbs on the transom, WAAY too much for the 20' hull!

[infanterene]

Well I just ordered the 4B 14.25 x 15. I wont be able to test it for a couple of weeks because I am having the floors redone and the interior repainted. I am also having hoes drilled to raise the motor about an inch.

[deadrise]

Mad props!

[infanterene]

Hey deadrise, I like your location. We actually bought the building in Princeton where the factory was located. There were still tons of old brochures and rolls of grey puddy. I don't know if that was potter puddy because I don't know exactly what potty puddy looks like.

We bought it to make a private jail but that didn't work out so we had to get creative.

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by deadrise

Ha ha, very nice! : ) . . . and tell me there was Moesly signature toilet paper left under the sink?! . . .

Speaking of a Moesly signature, I'd rather have it on my boat than on toilet paper!

Attached pics show Carl autographing the instrument panel cover from my Seafari. He's also an accomplished painter . . . the last picture of "The Reef" is one he painted! Truly a man of many talents, only a guy who has "been there, done that" could include such beautiful detail! Now we know why he could design boats with such beautiful lines!

[deadrise]

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