Recent content by Morten

Were you able to confirm the pitch or your props? I recently bought a new to me 280 with the same set up as you. Mine is an 06 with 56hours on the motors, how many hours are on yours? Mine came with 20P props. I swapped them with the new style 24P Bravo 3 props (4 blades front 3 rear). I've...

No definitely not bogging, no problem achieving RPM... so it must be what you are referring to blowing out. Problem is that I'm a new boater so references to celery stick and washers, etc... is new to me. It would be great if someone could provide more laymans terms of what these are and where...

I changed the props to 24P last week, problem solved. I bought the new style Bravo 3 prop sets that have 4 blades front and 3 rear. Holeshot has suffered and I need to ease into the RPM, but can still get on plane without trim. The celery stick reference, looks like it's the removal of a...

What are celery sticks? I don't understand the reference being a newb? My props are stamped: 48-823661 and 48-823662 Mercury Marine 20P I believe these are 15.5" diameter props. There seems to be many diameters for the Bravo 3 props, is the 15.5" the most common for this application? Is...

Thanks for your responses! The props are stamped 20P. @ Keokie ~ what is the celery stick reference? Does anyone have the same set-up I do ~ 2.20 T5.0L MPI running a 24P Bravo 3 prop? What numbers are you seeing?

I have a new to me 2006 Sundancer 280. I'm wanting to add a BBQ and wonder what the best location is. At my Marina, there's one with an added upside down u-shaped rail between the transom locker and the rear bench. This location seems to have the following drawbacks. When the BBQ is in use, it...

Thank you for your responses! The "tmp" was a typo and supposed to be rpm. (oooops, sorry for the confusion). I went cruising today... The boat has a the kohler 5kw generator, 3/4 tank of fuel, 160 lbs. pregnant wife and 34 lbs. toddler, otherwise lightly loaded 4000 RPM ~ 30 MPH 4500 RPM ~...

I recently bought a new to me boat, my first with sterndrives. It cruises slower and running at higher RPM than it's supposed to. I'm just starting to learn about drive ratios and how those ratios relate to the selection of props. And well... I'm confused! :huh: The boat is an 06 Sundancer...

I have a new to me Sundancer 280 which seems to be running slower and at higher RPM that the test boat on boat test.com The prop pitch on the Bravo 3 drives is 20. I'm not sure of the drive ratios yet. The boat has no problem getting to 5200RPM and am wondering what the most common pitch is...