Thank you all very much for the info!!!! This is very helpful, and gives me hope there is more on the table.

Rocketman - I never ran the boat without the poles, however I had a 20' XDC before the 21SDC. I ran it with and without poles, and the poles did make a few mph difference even on the 20'er. Only a 9" graph on the front. I agree, the Ghost is a heavy dude.

Tim Powell, I actually had a MAX5 before, and the boat did seem to work really well with the 5 blade, however it was a 32 and too much prop, so I went to the I have 4 blade only because it was available at the time, and knowing it isn't the best prop for the set up. I would really like to have a MAX5 in a 29. I completely agree with you it should be on the limiter with the 28.

As I mentioned, thank you all so much for the feedback!! This is exactly what I needed. I think a good starting point is as Rocketman suggested, make sure I'm getting 100% throttle. To me it seems like its not, so I'm starting there. I do have access to trying a lot of different props, so going to try another 5 blade once I determine I'm getting 100% throttle.