So on the water the other day full live well with my dad. We are both about 215 to 220. Hard to get on plane. While trying get on plane I came across another guy fishing so I throttled down since I was pushing so much water I didn't want to bombard him with pre plane wake. He looked over and asked me if I had a problem getting on plane. I told him with this weight yes. He said he had the same boat I did with the same motor and he put a 23p fury prop on it and cured all the problems with hole shot and gave him top end of 52.
Currently with just me and my little girl in the boat I can get on plane just fine and top end is 44 ish(gps). I have a 21p 3 blade Solas currently. I also added a hydrofoil but that didn't help when I'm loaded but does with just me in the boat. So I thought a higher pitch will help top end but not hole shot. I thought a 19p would help with hole shot but slow down top end. My motor is happy between 5000 and 5750 per the manual. With the 21p I push about 5600rpm. I just want my hole shot to be better when loaded. I'd like to try the 23 fury but I just don't believe it will provide the results the guy said it would but I also don't know enough to back that up either. Any help would be great.