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I am currently running an Acme 1235 and after adding a home made suction cup surf gate I am not able to get the boat up to surf speed with full ballast and crew. The boat is a rather obscure 1997 Bayliner Wake Challenger 2280 SS. It does have some nice features for such an old boat : 1 to 1.46 v-drive and tons of prop to hull clearance. It also has the Black Scorpion 5.7 fuel injected engine but I think they were only rated at 315 horsepower in 1997. I currently run 1000 of lead spread through the boat along with an 1100 lb surf sack in each rear locker (they probably only fill to 800 or 900 lbs) and a 350 lb sack under the port bench seat. We surf 90% of the time and wakeboard the other 10%. I am looking for advice about which prop would be the next logical lower pitch. The props I was looking at are the Acme 1615 (same diameter and cup as the current 1235 but 1/2" less pitch at 13.75) the Acme 2773 ( 15"x13"pitch with .105 cup) or the Acme 2923 ( 15.5x13pitch with .105 cup). I have never noticed the 1235 slipping or cavitating is there a reason to spend the $ on the larger 15 or 15.5" props? Any other props that you would recommend? Thanks in advance!
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