So I suppose you are very familiar with shallow lakes then!!! I lived in Central Florida as a teen and went fishing on the Lake Dora chain, but only in a rented john boat. Never got to experience them in any kind of watersports way.

I'd call that pretty authoritative feedback on the 5 blade. I will seriously consider that. Since you are Indmar proficient, it seems like the engines turn more rpm than they need to. My instinct tells me they would like a prop with more pitch, I assume you have explored that so please tell me why I am wrong. I would think with the max engine speed being relatively low like they are, that for a lot of the time they operate above the torque peak. I haven't seen a torque curve for the 345 that is in our boat, maybe if I did I would answer this question myself.

Any thoughts on that would be interesting.

Thanks again