I recently spent a week camping in the Voyagure Nat’l Park. 5 couples including my wife and I. Had 4 boats and a barge made of 2 canoes and steel rod to tie them together to bring our stuff out. Don’t believe in roughing it much. We were in 16 miles from the landing. My question:
It is necessary to overload my 14 foot jon with a 15 horse Merc. It is loaded so that there is no way for it to plane or for the motor to reach anything near max rpm at full throttle. I know that I shouldn’t load the boat like that but I will do it again next year anyway. Should I use a smaller prop and if so, what would be the advantages. I mean, besides getting a bigger motor which is out of the question, taking more trips is also out of the question, what can I do to maximize the performance of my outfit when placed under such a load?
, but they come standard. A steel prop is your best choice–you pay extra but in the long run they are a mush better performer 
Why you ask–with out getting to technical—-when under power the blade does not “deform” like an allum blade does. This essentually means that “you’re blade is taking a full bite” and the prop is moving the proper length linearly with each rev. oops sorry there I go