Re: Prop pitch question

[20mercman]

I have found that having too much pitch is much harder than too little. Of course, too high RPM can be an issue, but if you are within the RPM range at WOT with the 12 pitch, then you are going to like that prop much more. In my limited experience with the OMC motors, they seem to be able to tolerate load and over pitch more than a Mercury can. If you over pitch a Mercury, it will never give the performance it has the potential to deliver. On our many 20hp Mercury’s, the difference between an 11P and a 9 is like night and day if you load it down.

Steve