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Barron22

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Trying to determine if the throttle lever should come into contact with the stop when wide open throttle is applied at the binnacle. The photo is of the throttle lever on the port side of the outboard. The Philips screwdriver points to the gap at WOT. If the throttle cable from the binnacle is disconnected, the throttle lever will contact the stop. 22 foot Aluminum boat with console. Dry weight 2000 pounds. 15.3 x 19 aluminum propeller reaches 5200 RPM at WOT. Engine specification is 6000 RPM at WOT. The math would tell you to put on a 15 inch propeller but that is believed to be highly questionable. Any insight would be appreciated.
 

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What math is telling you to put a propeller with a 15 pitch on the motor?

The WOT RPM needs to be at or near 6000 RPM with the boat loaded. Motor trimmed up only to the point of best efficiency, and no further.

No, the throttle lever (accelerator position sensor actually) should not be contacting the stop.

What model and brand of boat? New or used?
 
Lund Barron 2110. Year 2000, just re-powered this summer. As far as the math, everything I’ve read says that pitch increase or decrease changes the RPM by 200 per inch of pitch. Just for the record I don’t believe a 15 pitch prop would be the correct for the boat. After following the break in process described in the manual, the boat was run at WOT.
The boat was run with two people, batteries, 40 gallons of gas and other miscellaneous gear that would normally be in the boat. Thanks for your assistance.
 
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