Full Ballast - Can't get on plane - HELP!

[87SunSportMikeyD]

What are your primary boating activities? If all you do is wake or surf with ballast, go with a power prop. If you dont use much ballast, or if you still do barefoot or deepwater slalom starts, stick with the stock prop.

Personally I would call JT at nettleprops.com and they can recommend you the proper pitch prop.

Jason is on the ball today!

[jasonwm]

Yes the boat has always been limited to 4500 RPM. I'm only 715 feet above sea level (Finger Lakes, NY).

Could mostly be the prop, so first thing I would do is upgrade that because you're going to get a huge performance boost with that regardless. If you're still not able to reach max RPM at WOT then you need to take the boat to the dealer to figure out what is wrong.

Is there a part number for the factory OJ prop?

The prop that comes from the factory on newer boats is a 475, which would be a good application for you.

What are your primary boating activities? If all you do is wake or surf with ballast, go with a power prop. If you dont use much ballast, or if you still do barefoot or deepwater slalom starts, stick with the stock prop.

I agree with most of this except the deepwater slalom starts part. A "power prop" (I dislike that term because it's so generic, but it's popular) is ideal for pulling up a slalom skier, as long as you don't sacrifice too much top end. It's really only for barefooting and higher speed cruising that a low-speed oriented prop will suffer.

Personally I would call JT at nettleprops.com and they can recommend you the proper pitch prop.

JT can definitely get you setup with what you need. We can too, carry ACME and OJ, and have without a doubt the most experience propping weighted boats (as we sell both the ballast and the props), if you're so inclined to give us a try.

Jason is on the ball today!

Just trying to keep up with you Mikey!

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Haha I didn't know you guys carried props!! Sorry about that one.

I agree with most of this except the deepwater slalom starts part. A "power prop" (I dislike that term because it's so generic, but it's popular) is ideal for pulling up a slalom skier, as long as you don't sacrifice too much top end. It's really only for barefooting and higher speed cruising that a low-speed oriented prop will suffer.

Sorry I guess I was a bit off there. Top speed, indeed. As you can see I have not done much skiing lately personally!

Always glad you are here helping out Jason!!!

[jasonwm]

No problem, JT has a great reputation for a reason, so I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him.

Our crew has actually rediscovered skiing this year, and we've been having a lot of fun seeing who can get hurt the most.

[tre]

I had no idea you guys carried props either.

According to this: http://www.ojprops.com/resources/applicationguide.pdf
The OJ 466 is the wakeboard prop Supra uses but this may likely be old data (Jason mentioned the 475)

Edit:

The OJ 475 is a 14.25 X 14.5 LC 1 1/8" 4-BLADE .090 CUP (that sounds like what my boat came with)

[jasonwm]

Yeah, we're taking it slow as we build up our inventory, so we're not marketing it much right now. We've got some cool things we're doing that are new for the industry though, so by the time next spring rolls around we should be ready to roll.

[jasonwm]

Just an update to let everyone know that OJ props will be up shortly, and they have a lot of great applications for Skier's Choice boats, so keep that in mind if you're thinking about upgrading soon.

[Diggs]

Gilligan,
Another thing to check out and the reason this may have gotten worse over the year is making sure you burp your front bag. Do you burp it? This will cause the same issue or make your current problem worse. They tend to fill with air each time you pull your boat on the trailer and then you fill the bag and it looks and feels full, but once you burp it (remove cap on tom of bag to let extra air out) you will see that you might only be 1/2 full or even 1/4 full. If you are already doing this, maybe it will be a good lesson for others to start doing it.

I would get a new prop from jason and then make sure you are burping the bags (front especially). I had wakemakers put a check valve in my line so I don't take on extra air when towing. It is pretty easy as well if you wanted to do that.