DaveinPa Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 After a discussion with a prop guru in Florida, I replaced the aluminum 3 blade with a 4 blade stainless on my Johnson 150 Ocean Pro two stroke. Two times out skiing and my daughter and I saw an improvement and I am at 185 lbs, no more "firewalling". Today was "guys" day, one only runs the boat to pull me, the other guy is younger than I @ age 64 and I have had him out the last 3 seasons. The end of last year he had 3 "failure to launches" on two skis. Had not happened before. I gave him my skis and he did get up but barely. He weighs 208 lbs. Realized today this might help but said little. My skis on him and I could tell he was nervous so I hammered it and he was out and up and grinning like a Cheshire cat. He got out of the water 4 or 5 times today and he was amazed. Probably cut the planing time by more than half. So although not an inboard, (someday?) the prop has made a world of difference for us to ski, don't know why I did not think about it sooner!! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Cent Posted July 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2018 Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted July 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2018 Super. Propping on an outboard is a big deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller vtmecheng Posted July 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2018 Prop is really important. I had a random chance to ski in the back Bay of Stone Harbor NJ last week. Boat was just a 20 foot bowrider with 175 hp Yamaha outboard. Boat owner just had a SS prop made for the boat, supposedly for pulling watersports. Worst hole shot on a 150+ hp boat I've ever experienced. It was laughable. I was behind the same boat with a 150 hp Merc and that was considerably better. The correct prop for the intended purpose is invaluable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinPa Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 @vtmecheng Stone Harbor, we do Avalon some summers. Hard to believe a 175 on a bow-rider is crappy, let me know if he wants my contact in Florida. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted July 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2018 We did A and B comparisons with a HydroDyne GS years ago. The boat had a much improved hole shot with the 4 blade vs 3 blade but it did lose a little on top end. Overall smoother and slightly softer wash as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller vtmecheng Posted July 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted July 28, 2018 @DaveinPa we stay in Avalon too, just driving back to Pittsburgh today. Some of my group rented a boat and driver out of Stone Harbor and my daughter wanted to go with. Figured I'd ski once while out. They had a Connelly Concept so why not? Company had just replaced the outboard this year and had it reproped. Just awful, and I ski behind a '79 IO with an I6 every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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