Bravo 3 outdrive

[Cousin Eddie]

I'm working on a repower which is going to require a conversion to a Bravo outdrive. For those of you that have Bravo 3 outdrives (dual prop), what size boat do you have it on and what is the minumum speed that you can get down to at idle?

It would be nice to have the Bravo 3 performance but I'm leaning towards a Bravo 1 in the interest of not having to mess around with trolling bags,

[Priority1]

Eric, A warm Someone will chime in on the Bravo Drives.

[N II Deep]

Welcome to GLF Eric.

if you are going thru the expense go with the Bravo 3. I run bags with my alpha 1 and I think we have the same boat. 245 Vista correct? I can get the speed down without the bags, but it's just nice to have them in the water and keep the RPM's up.

[Cousin Eddie]

Welcome to GLF Eric.

if you are going thru the expense go with the Bravo 3. I run bags with my alpha 1 and I think we have the same boat. 245 Vista correct? I can get the speed down without the bags, but it's just nice to have them in the water and keep the RPM's up.

Yes, it's the 245 Vista. After looking into it a little more it sounds like my thoughts about the Bravo 3 being a bit fast at idle seem to be true on similar boats. I could just run the bags but there is also the Bravo 3 $600-$1,300 propeller sets and shallow water to consider. I have to navigate a relatively shallow bay to get to my marina which is typically 5'-8'. But with this years water levels being close to 2' low (and GL water levels trending low in general) that could put that bay at 3'-6'.