17 Eyra Prop/Hub Question

PhilAddison wrote:
Same hub

Thanks Phil, that’s what I figured but since I am trying out some else’s prop I wanted to make sure.

louie3252 wrote: I thought it was strange on the fury 3, vs the 4, the torquemaster hub has the slightest bit of play in the 4.  Post your performance #’s on all 3 props when your done! It would be intresting to see!

Well, my experience with the Bravo 1 XS 28 was short due to me messing my lower unit up. Hope to have the boat back tomorrow. I liked the Bravo XS, lot more lift, just as others have stated. Mid range acceleration was great. I only got it up to 74 and it got too rough for my comfort level. Prop seemed great in rough water, better than my Fury 4. I definitely had to run the Bravo XS quite a bit lower than my Fury 4. It was hot out, upper 80’s when I ran it, water temps were around 80, so hole shot wasn’t good. Interested to see how it is with cooler weather.

Found a new Mercury lower unit and got a great price on it. The guy with the new 250 had it priced at $18,900 plus shipping and wouldn’t budge on the price. He had it in stock though so don’t blame him. Jaco’s is around $16500 but they don’t have any in stock but have about 40 ordered. They ordered them months ago (I think she said about 6)and they are supposed to start arriving in 3-4 weeks, that was a week ago. But, who knows when they’ll actually arrive.

I still could have put a new 4 stroke on it and come out pretty good in the deal with the insurance check and what I could have sold the motor for. If I could have bought the motor a little cheaper I would have definitely done it, I just thought paying $2400 more than Jaco’s was dumb and I found a lower unit. At Jaco’s price I could have gotten the 4 stroke for the cost of the dealer installing it, maybe less. I should have the boat back tomorrow afternoon.