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PROP SIZE FOR 23 FT OUTRAGE
jpd1949	#1  Posted on 05/15/12 - 7:29 AM
Member Posts: 10 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/15/12	I justed purchased a 2001 23 ft Outrage with a 225 hp Optimax motor. The prop is aluminum and beat up. What is the size of the factory installed prop??
Tom W Clark	#2  Posted on 05/15/12 - 8:30 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	I dont know the answer but I find that a very odd question. Can you explain?
jpd1949	#3  Posted on 05/15/12 - 9:08 AM
Member Posts: 10 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/15/12	The prop is worn badly. It is in a Marina over an hour from my home, so I'm not able to look at the prop at this time.
Tom W Clark	#4  Posted on 05/15/12 - 12:43 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	Well, the boat probably had a 15-1/2" x 17" Mercury MIRAGEplus propeller on it originally. It would not have left the factory with an aluminum prop which is only worth having as a spare on a boat that size. The MIRAGEplus a really good prop but there may be better propeller designs that were not even in existence twelve years ago when your boat was built. The motor was mounted at the factory in the "two holes up" position if you have hydraulic steering. If you go to a more modern propeller like the Enertia or Revolution 4, you should raise another set of bolts holes to the three holes up position (bolts going through the fourth set of bolt holes in the motor's mounting bracket).
jpd1949	#5  Posted on 05/15/12 - 2:04 PM
Member Posts: 10 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/15/12	Thanks for the info. I just bought the boat used and it is an aluminum prop on it.