The prop saga continues. I was loaned a 27 XOB that has added cup and ran it last weekend. To my surprise I popped out of the hole (27 Promax, no dice with 2 people) so I was very excited about it...until I couldn't for the life of me figure out to get the bow up. Seems everything I tried, lowering/raising the JP, messing with the trim etc. and nothing worked. I was running about 70 and my water pressure was 8-10...kept messing with settings and couldn't get it higher and then the warning came on and had to shut her down. Didn't have time to keep messing with it because I was practicing for an upcoming tournament so I swapped back to the 26 Bravo XS and went about my day.
26 Bravo= Great hole shot, dies out around 80 with full load and 2 guys
27 Promax= bow up in the air and takes a long time and work to get it down or on pad with 2 guys
28 Promax=No chance of getting on pad without someone standing on the bow
25 Hydro (worked more like a 26)= Great hole shot and top end around 84 with full load and 2 guys
27 Hydro (added cup)= Good hole shot, but can't get the bow up and water pressure high enough
On all props I played around from 3/4" over to 3/4" under pad. I added the Allison.
Boat is a XB-21 2+2 and set up with a 250 Pro XS with SM 1.62 gears, 2 8' Power Poles, Bob's 8" setback Action Jackplate, Allison foil (or whatever it's called). Weight is distributed right for the 26 Bravo.
Thanks,
Mike