Miles

Tried to edit my comment.... trying to figure out how to insert a picture without using photobucket... lost the whole thing. Thanks for previous comments. So, starting over: My boat is a '94 Procraft 20', 200 Merc XRI with a 14-1/4 x 24, 3-blade stainless prop on her. Looking for a better hole shot and not worried about top speed. Right now she does 65mph easily. Should I drop to a 21p? 19p? 4- or 5- blade? Your input will be appreciated, thanks.

Wow, best forum I've seen on water skiing. Thanks to all who contributed, I learned a ton. Just bought a 94 Procraft 20' with the Merc 2.5 xri efi, 200 hp. It has a 3-blade, 14-1/4 x 24 stainless prop on it. Runs great, but crazy slow pulling this 225 lb. man, 25 lbs. of beer belly ballast mind you, out of the water. It'll do 65 mph easily with 2 people my size in it. Thinking about switching to a 4-blade, 14x23 Solas Amita aluminum prop, goal being better hole shot. Don't care about top speed. Not positive I'm gonna keep the thing so not wanting to plow a bunch of $$ into a prop. I'm sorry, but I do not currently know the WOT RPM. Any thoughts/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z375/melvinqjones/IMG_0491.jpg