Well my Johnson 9.9hp 4 stroke finally runs fairly decent and now I want to size the prop for what I want to do. My boat is a Lund Fisherman 1800 with a Johnson 140HP 4 stroke main, the 9.9 rides as a kicker for trolling. The current prop is a 9 1/4x9 3 blade, I believe it's a stock Johnson prop. I'm not looking for top end speed (which isn't on plane and is around 6mph), but am looking for a slower low end, better throtle response, and better boat control. At present without wind and waves the boat goes rougly 1.5 mph in gear at idle rpm. I would like to lower my low speed to 1.0 mph if possible.
Possible props are 3 blade 9 1/4-5 to 9 1/4-11. I've also looked at the Solas 4 blades which are 10-5 through 10-9. You're thoughts would be appreciated. I'm thinking that the 4 blade 10-5 might go slower and give me better boat control.
Was at the Shagawa lake boat launch and these two ducks came right up to me. I think someone has been feeding them.
I also noticed that one of them has an eye that is partially shut.
I appreciate that. I actually stopped last night but I didnt get back to town til 5:45 and you were closed. Were open when I went by to bring the girls to school this morning so I grabbed eight packs. Probably be way to many dont remember them being so big.
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Well my Johnson 9.9hp 4 stroke finally runs fairly decent and now I want to size the prop for what I want to do. My boat is a Lund Fisherman 1800 with a Johnson 140HP 4 stroke main, the 9.9 rides as a kicker for trolling. The current prop is a 9 1/4x9 3 blade, I believe it's a stock Johnson prop. I'm not looking for top end speed (which isn't on plane and is around 6mph), but am looking for a slower low end, better throtle response, and better boat control. At present without wind and waves the boat goes rougly 1.5 mph in gear at idle rpm. I would like to lower my low speed to 1.0 mph if possible.
Possible props are 3 blade 9 1/4-5 to 9 1/4-11. I've also looked at the Solas 4 blades which are 10-5 through 10-9. You're thoughts would be appreciated. I'm thinking that the 4 blade 10-5 might go slower and give me better boat control.
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