Originally Posted by
billnorman1
I'm pushing an old 1998 Stratos ProXL 19 foot 5 incher with a 2006 175DF. I hit almost 60 GPS at 6000 RPM. I'm fat, and my old boat is a slug out of the hole with full fuel tank and livewells, just slow with my 300 pound ass alone. I'm running a cheap stainless steel 3 blade 16 inch diameter 24.5 pitch. My motor has 400 hours so it's no spring chicken.
Wonder if your power poles and extra batteries, pumps and relatively big T/M are holding you back?
Did you mean 14&1/4 inch prop?