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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | tfootstalker - 4/5/2017 2:59 PM
My amateur opinion is your wheel too big. I'm turning a 19 Rev4 on a 200 HPDI. Learning how to drive the rig is definitely important, but it still does not fix the setup. If you can't drive the boat with minimal effort the setup is not good.
He should be taching correctly with that wheel on that hull unless he's running very heavy, if not dropping to a 19 will not change the need to trim the ride out as one accelerates. Definitely likes the Rev 4 or Bravo to get the hull back end up out of the water. Think lift, gear case drag, and prop torque.
There's very little running surface in the water aired out, just the last 10" of pad or so, and the rig has a built in set-back. Ive owned 3 of them with a 175 on the first and 200 on the next two. The boat likes trim and can quickly plane out trimmed out 4 or 5 degrees. It isn't a big deep V, it's a high performance hull with a multi-species interior. |
