Location: Not far enough north! | Picked up the new boat last weekend and spent all week planting corn which is good but all I gould do was think about getting that boat on the water. Well forcast for today was WINDY and the lake I planned on breaking the motor in on is 11 thousand acres running right with the wind I decided to head to a smaller lake to cruise around on. We did have some pretty good rollers on the open part of the lake, maybe 2 footers in the roughest spots. The boat cruised right through them with hardly a bounce. It was fantastic! I would have not even been out there in my old magnum and found myself not wanting to find calmer water...
She popped up on plane in under 5 seconds and and would cruise as low as 17 mph on plane which will be nice.
However the steering tourqe was unbelievable. I would guess that it was pulling 40lbs or so. Wanting to turn the boat to the right taking the handle away from me. The boat also leaned greatly to the left side. Had the guy with me move to the right side and that leveled it out but he should have to bee on the same side as me to he level. Anyhow the tab above the prop is aiming almost straight maybe with the back edge a little to the left like this (/) I am guessing that it should be going the other direction like (\) to make the tiller handle want to go more to the right to make the boat go left. How far ( I know it will be trial and error) do I need to move it for starting point or do I need to go the other way? When I trimmed up it got better but was so bad coming out of the hole with motor all the way down I would not let a novice drive it until I get this figured out...
Thanks
Rick |
