Prop pitting 2005 43

Prop burn can be common on the Cabo props due to tunnel to blade tip clearance. Veems didn't seem to get it, but Michigan Federals did on some and not on others.

I have attached a couple of photos of the 40 Cabo set up. One with Federal which is my boat and one with Veem. I ended up servicing my Federal EQY props during my last haul out, however I will be switching to Veem props in the future. The question is should I go with (4) or (5) blade Veems. I did not see any heavy pitting as you noted on your props from your 43 Cabo.

Attached is a 45 Cabo express that switched to (5) blade Veems and experienced a substantial performance improvement. Veem quoted a 24X32X5 blade set up for my Cabo 40 with C12 CATs.

That prop pitting is nothing to worry about and extremely minimal.

Veems would generally be 2 knots faster than the Michigan Federals and Acme. On a few boats 3 knots. A 45 Cabo would cruise (80% load) at 28.5 knots with 800 mans, 30.8 knots with 1015hp C18s, and 33 knots with 1100 mans from the factory, I've run lots of them when they were new

Veems are fast and very good props. My 48 has a set of 5 blade Federals and 4 blade Veems. Last owner never ran the Veems as he liked the lift the 5 blade Federals provided. The 5 blades are very smooth and perform well are a few knots slower. I put the Veems on after yard visit this winter as I really liked how the Veems performed on my previous 40 Cabo. The Veems perform great on the 48 as well and are what I plan to run going fwd.

Attached are the props side by side after cleanup and screenshot is from my phone on the way home. Electronics install underway now.

The 38.4 Kts on the GPS screen shot, is that your 48 with the (4) blade Veems?

Yes