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I will call Prop Gods and see if they can steer me in the right direction.

I am willing to try anything. I am by no means an expert. The 2001 MONTAUK 17 is really the first boat I have ever owned. I just want [the performance of the MONTAUK 17 with the new 115-HP engine] to be as good as can be.

The 115-HP engine was made in May 2020. The gear ratio is 2.07:1 I have tested three propellers. I ran each propeller on multiple trips. The boat loading was fairly constant with two adults, one cooler with 20-lbs ice, fuel tank at 10 to 12-gallons, one Jack Russell terrier, and one anchor. Below ar...

[The boat under discussion here] is a Montauk 17--not the 170. I checked the [engine] throttle linkage. As best I can tell [the engine throttle is] opening all the way. I will inspect it before I go out again. I honestly don't know what kind of performance I should expect from this boat and engine c...

The [Mercury ProXS 115-HP engine] is mounted [here the mounting height was described with an ordinal number--please describe engine mounting height in terms of the number of units of "holes" or 0.75-inches the engine is mounted above the lowest possible height, which in this case I believe...

I have a [2001--always use FOUR DIGITS for years, please] Montauk 17 with a Mercury ProXS 115-HP engine and the LASER II 20-pitch propeller that came with the original engine [which apparently was not the Mercury ProXS 115-HP engine]. The [MONTAUK 17] runs great, but at full-throttle the Mercury Pro...