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They might have worked on Glenn's because it was an Open Bow with tons of weight from the stereo...never "aired out" J/K
I ran the 30P Bravos on a buddy's 2002 26 with X's...He thought something was horribly wrong with the hull/motors/steering until he got rid of those POSs. When I drove it, the hull acted DAMN weird, and almost had alot of torque steer. To be honest, I took it out past the Thompson's Bay bouys to Copper never getting over 70mph and was scared to drive it. It was pulling the transom in odd directions, almost making it seen like the boat was going to roll. I personally thought it was the steering as well..I just think the Machs cannot have that much prop in the water...they like to grab too much. Of all the props tried, Merc 15x30/32/34's worked the best.
My buddy wanted a second opinion...So Mig jumped in the boat. He too was scared to death!
I agree with you...In the single setup, whether a Mach or a Daytona, the Bravo is the Shiznit!
Thne problem with the boat was plain and simple it was the props, he has a closed bow M26, the owner stated all the problems with the boat and I said it was the props. After thousands of dollars of work done to the steering system, I finally agreed to drive the boat and it scared the crap out of me and that was an understatement.
You had to fight the boat at any speed and when you let off the throttle the boat would pitch in to a hard slide until you stabbed the throttles again, causing the boat to return to its uneasy stance
The bravo props are stren lifting props and were raising the back end out of the water, in return pushing the bow into the water.
I loaned him a set of clevers and problem solved.
I know of people using bravo's but damn that is a scary way to drive a boat