150 4 stroke, boat empty just me and low fuel has churned out 64 mph @ 5800.
I carry alot of stuff. 15 rods, 30 lbs of plastics, my hook/weight box is 10#, ive upgraded to a 24v tmotor, so now a 3rd battery, and all other neccesarry items I keep in the boat adding another 50#. Still running solo I can run 60 at 5600, and decent bow lift. When I add the 2nd partner my rpms drop to 5400 and slows to 57 mph, at this pont the 24 tempest starts to run flat, not much lift.
I bought a new quicksilver torrent 23, no its not a tempest, but the local boat shop had it on the shelf for over a year and was cheap. (Brand new) so i ran it. Solo with medium load went 59 mph at 5900 rpm. With tx load and partner ran 5600 @ 55 with no lift. Humid conditions. Its not exactly a pad hull but does have offset transom. No JP and 4" ptp. Which prop should I send to mark and which to sell. Do I sell both and go with a 23 tro4? Maybe a bravo 1 24? The 24 tempest plus throws a tail right at the top of cowl and the 23 torrent about midway up cowl. The 23 is on the verge of blowing out on holeshot.