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02-24-2021, 01:01 AM #1Junior Member
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Go Fast prop for 21' Checkmate Starflite
I have an '89 Checkmate Starflite with a Yamaha 225 excel. I currently run a Mercury High 5 20 pitch for water skiing, good hole shot, turns great, 50 mph at 5600 rpm give or take. I have a bobs nose cone and a jackplate, what prop is recommended for 65 to 70 mph? Randy the Checkmate expert recommends a Trophy, is 26 pitch about right? Others recommend a chopper, again 26 pitch sound right? I'm mostly at Lake Mead at 1100 foot elevation.
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02-24-2021, 08:45 PM #2Team Member
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My first choice used to always be a cheap used Trophy. Maybe 24?
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02-24-2021, 09:55 PM #3Junior Member
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02-25-2021, 07:58 AM #4
I have an Eliminator 20 Sport with a 225 Promax. The hull would be similar hull to yours. My everyday prop is a 25 Trophy and can get 70mph out of it. I used to run a 26" chopper and wold get into the mid 70's but it was not fun to drive, tremendous steering torque. I pretty much stick with the Trophy now
Last edited by Flatlander; 02-25-2021 at 08:03 AM.
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02-25-2021, 08:39 AM #5Team Member
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1100 feet will cost a couple mph
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02-25-2021, 02:04 PM #6Junior Member
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02-25-2021, 08:32 PM #7
I think a 3 blade Tempest 26P will be a couple mile quicker than the 4 blade Trophy on that boat. A hydromotive 4 blade would be another good option.
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02-26-2021, 07:52 AM #85000 RPM
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I had a 1992 186 Baja closed bow with a 25" Tempest that had a little work by Rich Booger and I could run in the high 60's at 6k RPM's. Power was a 1993 150 HP/2.0L Mercury with Boysen, G Force tuner and a hydraulic jack plate.
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02-26-2021, 05:21 PM #9
I purchased a mint 1 owner 89 Starflite with a yami excell last fall but only ran it once with a 26 chopper it has 10" set back and ran low 70's
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02-26-2021, 08:53 PM #10Junior Member
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02-27-2021, 10:43 PM #12Junior Member
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Thanks everyone I found a Trophy 24 pitch, arriving Friday, I'll test soon after and let you know how it goes.
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you'll like the Trophy, I switched to one on my Pulse and it really helped to take the ugly out of the upper 60's. Handles so much better now.
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