Jumping in with Both Feet on a 20 Seafari

[SailorChlud]

Today I managed a good run in the bay- 12 nm or so. Using the aluminum
3 blade 15x17p prop we recorded WOT top speed of just 30 knots at 5200 rpm, so this seems to be the right prop for the boat so far. Seemed to cruise nicely with 6 people (our typical max load) and a full tank of fuel. That was with the bimini down.

However, at one point we were running in about 3-4 feet of water (Barnegat Bay is shallow) and we hit something submerged with the prop while at low speed, and put a good 1/4 inch ding in two places on the prop. Razzafrats! No damage to the skeg, though, so not sure what we hit.