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	Name:	Jim120 -
	Subject:	Tore-up prop
	Date:	9/6/2008 12:29:25 AM

Actually, an "upgrade opportunity" is sort of the way I've been looking at it and I figured after some homework that as you say, the 23" 3-blade aluminum was dealer-selected as sort of a generic middle of the road prop. I'd managed to sort of piece together most of your advice but without some experience it seems easy to make the wrong guess when you're a newbie and self-taught like me. You're right on the money as far as cost.

We don't do nearly the heavy lifting my parents used to do with their boat when I was a kid: they spent all day long pulling four of us and our pals around on skis and "aquaplanes" as we called the huge wooden board we used in those days. Of course this was back when a 35/50 HP Johnson was a pretty big engine (this 190 HP monstrosity seems absurd to me.) If I had to guess (we've only had this boat about 2 months during most of which our girls were away at camp, and my skiing days are well behind me), I'd say we will wind up pulling skiers and the like 15% of the time and cruising the lake 70% of the time and MAYBE fishing some of the time (though "fish and ski" is a real misnomer -- it's a powerboat with some cosmetic fishing-boat-like touches awkwardly pasted on and a trolling motor thrown in. I wanted a green aluminum jon-boat with a small engine on it but I got outvoted 3-1. But for our needs it's a nice little boat.

I've been hunting all over for that gear-ration information you mention -- the prop-finders on the web want to know that too. When we head up tomorrow I'll look where you pointed me.

Thanks.