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Ragged Edge
Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 30 Location: Vancouver Iland BC
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: Trim |
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How much boat should be out of the water for best overall performance? Is there a basic guide line or is every boat totally different. Thanks |
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HOOLIGAN
Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 210
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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All of it...keep the thing on the trailer..it will last longer. ...and that applies to all boats ..boat simply means ..Break ..Out ..Another ...Thousand
Hope this helps _________________ Live... Love... laugh...and lie if you get caught! |
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MISSBHAVEN
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 310 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Generally, speed will increase the more the boat is out of the water, however your handling will degrade proportionatly at the same time. Its a balancing act, you get as much boat as possible out of the water until you start to dislike the handling for your type of boating. _________________ It's always the Navigators fault! |
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Arthur Outlaw Eagle Admin
Joined: 28 Oct 2006 Posts: 1654 Location: On the rocks
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:31 am Post subject: |
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MISSBHAVEN wrote: | Generally, speed will increase the more the boat is out of the water, however your handling will degrade proportionatly at the same time. Its a balancing act, you get as much boat as possible out of the water until you start to dislike the handling for your type of boating. |
Well said! |
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boosted
Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 378
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Yup. The boat always goes the fastest just before the pump comes out of the water and you do your version of a sheet of plywood caught in a big wind. _________________ Mark
Lets go back I think we missed one rock! |
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big block
Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 102 Location: calgary
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:45 am Post subject: |
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HOOLIGAN wrote: | All of it...keep the thing on the trailer..it will last longer. ...and that applies to all boats ..boat simply means ..Break ..Out ..Another ...Thousand
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yup haha it goes faster and gets better milage on the trailer to |
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Aluminum Squirt
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 46 Location: Sacto, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Very well said by MB but I would like to add a few things. The more boat you are trying to fly out of the water, the more HP you are going to need to carry the hull. At some point you may run out of power to carry the hull as high as you want but I have no idea what sort of HP you are running. This is very generalized as there are a lot of factors like hull design, nozzle set-up, HP, how much you want to actually turn the boat, intake pressure, etc etc that effect how high you can/want to run the boat. This is easy to figure out with a place diverter or similar set up. Hit the switch and read the GPS, a little more difficult with a race nozzle and wedges. Assume that faster is better as long as you maintain an acceptable amount of control-Aluminum Squirt |
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Ragged Edge
Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 30 Location: Vancouver Iland BC
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone. Very helpful. |
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