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Headed out for sturgeon with the guys Sunday in some windy water conditions, with the new motor mounting. Out of the gate, steering is lighter, easier, and it seems to plane a little easier. Other than that though, no 40. At one point I had kinda flat water in Monty and floored it, got 5400 at WOT for an indicated 39.8 mph GPS speed. Was bucking some wind while doing that though.
So close.
Good news bad news through, coming back home I had rough water and lots of wind, going downhill back to Lauritzens, she did real well, but about 4-5 times the prop blew out on some of the bigger chop. Qualify that, I did get air a few times pushing it hard, but it has never blown out before.
So, might need to go down a hole. If I decide to go that route, it's gonna be a jack plate affair.
There is difference between "blow out" of a prop and simply "barking" a prop. If you blow out, you need to stop the boat so the propeller can regain its grip and then accelerate again.
Barking a prop simply means it breaks the surface momentarily. That is normal is rough conditions.
