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Old 01-31-2005, 07:57 PM
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Hate to break your bubble (would be really cool if one could),

But that 210 in the picture just went and over a small 1 (maybe 2 foot) roller wave (look at the passengers position) and that is not a normal running attitude or angle of attack for the 210. Now I had a 210 with a 200 HPDI, and Doel Fin and in smooth water never (Throwing a Rooster Tail doing 53 plus MPH and the Doel Fin ABOVE the water surface with me screaming Ye... Haw :P ) never had her break water that far aft when running.

Maybe if you mounted a F4 fighter turbo Jet on the stern you could Here again, most hulls no matter how much power you apply are only going to return so much speed due to hull shape and drag. No, most times I had her breaking water right right at the CG (Center of Gravity) point which was just aft of the console when trimmed out correct.

Now granted a new prop can do many things for performance improvement and I blew out many a 3 bladed prop when I brought that 200 HP beast up. That is why I say try a 4 bladed 3 pound Pro Pulse prop

http://www.propulse.se/english/index.html

(Good Price Point @ West Marine) and it worked great for me and is what I still now use. One can play with the different pitch settings for the different loads till you get it dialed in for your rig. Afterwards if you need a extra knot or so of top end speed and have 400 dollars burning a hole in your wallet and always run in deep water, then go get a Stainless Prop of the same size and pitch and save that 100 dollar Pro Pulse prop as a back up unit that can set inside your boat and NEVER rust.

Tight Lines!
Dave
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