Have had my 920 for a couple months now and want to expedite my learning curve on driving thru rough water. My previous boat was a Blazer which drove a lot different than a Phoenix.
Any general guidelines on rough water?
Have had my 920 for a couple months now and want to expedite my learning curve on driving thru rough water. My previous boat was a Blazer which drove a lot different than a Phoenix.
Any general guidelines on rough water?
keep your finger on the trim, and trim the nose to just above the waves. You will need to keep a close watch on waves coming in to trim up or down. You will need to slow down a tad to match speed with what it takes to get smooth ride.
Anything will be better than that Blazer. Owned one for 3 years. Fast yes buy anything over a boat wake it was a turd.
What about jackplate location? My Blazer liked running rough water with the jackplate high and motor trimmed level or below
Jackplate trimmed all way down in really rough water
I have found you can trim the motor up a bit but play with the hydrolic jack plate hight all the way down is not always best you want to get the nose up a little bit
The reason I keep JP all the way down is to keep the prop in the water on really rough days. I can keep the nose up if I can keep the prop in the water. This also depends on what prop you have on the boat. I think when the boat is propped to carry the load rather then for sped its easier to keep nose up