Hit the water for the first time this year, been doing lots of work to the boat, new digital gauges, fiberglass repair, among other things, so I'm several months behind getting on the water. First trip to the big "O" in Florida and I had an absolute blast. One thing is for sure, I think that without this new foil, I would have had a much harder time running on this lake. It is SHALLOW! Running out of the canal was normal, but once you are on the main lake body, you are in skinny water really quick. Chris's foil kept me running high and dry and at lower speeds than I had ever been able to do before. Absolutely no porpoising at all.
The hardest thing I had to deal with on the lake is getting up on pad once you are on the lake. When you run the jack plate all the way up, trim all the way down, then take off, many times as your boat "squats" to push up on pad, you bump bottom. I watched several guys out there jump up on pad, and noticed there were two tricks to getting a fully loaded boat up.
One trick was to start out in a hard turn so you have the prop tilted to the side which gives you more water with which to work. The second is to throttle up for a second, then as the back of the boat rises on the wake you just made, hit it hard again and you will jump up on pad. I know that without this foil all this would have been a lot harder, My boat is very rear heavy, so anything to help get up on pad is good. Chris's foil does this in spades.
If you are even thinking about his foil, just do it. Top quality workmanship and really helps with the boat handling. I had lots of comments on it at the ramp too. If I were to re-power or change boats, you can bet I'll have one on my next boat too! Thanks Chris!
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Originally Posted by Super 91
