Obviously others have played around with props before you on this boat. It
might also be worth taking it to a truck scale and seeing if it has "gained"
weight since it was new. It's a 1988 so it may have absorbed a fair bit of
water.

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ups.com...
So much for that...

Went to Put In Bay for the weekend. 17.5 miles from my dock. We had
a hard time getting on plane and were stuck at 16mph for the first 6
miles or so. Waves were 2. When we did hit plane we maxed WOT at
28MPH and 4100 RPM's.

Maybe I am better off running the 17 pitch prop. RPM's are low, but a
350 is under power. At least like this the MPG is around 2 and top
speed 40. I may still play around with it.