Proper Performance Engineering

[spareparts]

my experiance with the five blades have been for a different purpose, the High Five was advertised for hole shot, several outboard powered ski boats came with them, these props were deisgned to be a semi surfacing prop at higher speeds( simular to cleavers). i have used them to crutch fix boats that were too stern heavy for pulling skiers. Theh downside of these props( in my experiance) has been unless you're running at elevated heights( ie: outboard on a jackplate) they tend to have a high slippage, we allways went up to the next pitch when replacing a standard prop with these. Fourblades tend to be a better comprimise between slippage and stern lift.

On the topic of diesels, check out the Steyer, they advertise the best weight to power ratio of the smaller engines, they are marketed to sterndrive engine replacement, and they operate at a simular rpm range to the engine you have now, so you wont have to change gear ratios

[ThePHNX]

Man wonderful!
Nothing better than learning - never stops as long you're alive!-)

What is/are:
.. "semi surfacing prop "
.. "cleavers"

Never to coddle superficial friendship:
.. "simular"
Dammit `spares' you are WAY above average intelligence and you owe it to yourself to be accurate in your spelling. However much contemporary PC government education condones poor grammar someone of your ability needs to get it right.

HBH

[Finster]

Dammit `spares' you are WAY above average intelligence and you owe it to yourself to be accurate in your spelling. However much contemporary PC government education condones poor grammar someone of your ability needs to get it right

Oh brother here we go again...

[NoBones]

We are NOT going to have a repeat of the last thread that
got closed by the Head Cheese.
Stay to the point, and keep the BS out of it.
This section is on my watch. And I'm on it.

See ya, Ken

[Miles Offshore]

dus "gag me with a friggin spoon" work with spellcheck ?

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

phnx when u decide to learn the other side of boating besides power curves and complaining about the fastest motor on the water go to screamandfly.com. u can see how to properly replace ur prop and engine posistion to break the water plan and enter air space. i am willing to sacrafice fuel economy to out run that ( enter rival boat brand here) back to the dock when the weather is turning into the perfect storm anyday. clever, chopper and other surface piercing props do just that they run with some or most of the prop out of the water due to the engine hight related to the transom. if u run a suface piercing prop it is highly recomended that u also run a low water pickup because the factory water pickup could be as high as 4-6 " out of the water. some of the cat hulls have to assist stearing with two foot throttles due to the engines being so high out of the water they do not turn the boat at speed. pretty cool huh.

[spareparts]

nevermind

[ThePHNX]

Thanks Rusty:
The getting away from weather is an important benefit of speed.
Listening to a skilled sport fisherman and boat builder, Paul Mann, talk about running in heavy weather - he was the first to call me blow boater, so I take it as a bit of a compliment I became aware of how much there is to learn there. Think a thread on heavy weather handling - very different on a high power boat than on a `blown' boat - could be a good thing.

Look guys, I meant no disrespect when I brought the misspelling to spare's attention, although maybe I should have done it off list.

Fact is, in my circles constructive criticism is an act of friendship, and that's how it was intended.
Careless spelling CAN stunt a career when you head to the top office.

As to that other thread, unless you're indulging cronyism you will note that spider started it and there was no way I would back off and give him satisfaction.

Finally, have nothing against speed, love it in fact, but outside the good points made by Rusty, think efficiency and reliability far more important, even for fisherman, and especially for offshore >20 NM fisherman.

HBH

[WillyC]

If anyone is thinking diesel i/o then you need to check out this rig. Its not a seacraft but a very very sweet ride none-the-less.

http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/t...ighlightmode=1

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

thats one hot little bertram. sorry to address your question spare. as for the spelling thing phnx i cant spell never could but im alittle argumentitive or atleast my wife tells me i am along with a severe smart a.. i have a bad habbit of saying what i think even to the ceo of the company that i contract for offshore. my boss gives me that look.. (ya know the dont open your mouth look) every time i speek up @ our company wide saftey meetings. im like ron white the comic. i have the right to remain silent...... i just don't have the ability...