Coming off pad w/o the wave

[Mick2268]

I read a post awhile back before I took delivery of this new rig with PP's about water coming over. I can't find it, so re-posting. I am well schooled in how to come down normally so as to prevent the wave from coming over onto the deck of our ass heavy boats. But these poles seem to be a new challenge. No matter how slow I come down, or give a little extra throttle; there is a shot of water that comes up and lands on the deck. I think it may be coming up through the bracket?

1. What am I doing wrong?

2. Is no one making a little plate that will cover the bottom side of the PP bracket like on the bottom of a jackplate?

[wmitch2]

Tilt the motor DOWN all the way, throttle back, then just as the boat starts to set, give it a little throttle. It's kind of a timing thing, lol !!

[jc2bg]

Tilt the motor DOWN all the way, throttle back, then just as the boat starts to set, give it a little throttle. It's kind of a timing thing, lol !!

From precious, extensive threads on the same topic, this ^ seems like the best approach. Just keep in mind that with the installation of poles, they all sit a little lower in the stern than without poles, so it may take some effort on the operator’s part to keep the splash at bay. My 520c I had last year, with dual poles, never took on more than a few drops as long as I followed the advice above.

[krindgen]

I have the same on a Phoenix, have to give it a little "bump" coming off plane.

[Matt1212]

Ditto

[bbecnel]

my 2017 520c does the same thing.. the xtra brace on the pp brackets funnel the water right onto the back deck.gonna try to take the xtra brace off.

[Drami04]

I was just wondering about this my self
thanks

[sabby]

my 2017 520c does the same thing.. the xtra brace on the pp brackets funnel the water right onto the back deck.gonna try to take the xtra brace off.

I have the unbraced version it's not any better. If you are looking to fix it the real deal is to change to a bracket with less offset.

[Mick2268]

JC and others; I completely get and am well schooled in "the wave". It's not the wave coming over; it's more like a tiny gremlin hiding in the Atlas that just shoots a water blaster up on the deck to the left and right side. I'm seeing an business opportunity here. Small lightweight bottom cover plate that will let water drain out similar to the bottom of Bob's and Atlas plates????

Any of you machinists out there? I might be a great R&D guy???

[jc2bg]

I’ll give you props on the idea. As popular as power poles are, anything that alleviates the drawbacks would be money in the bank.

[Drami04]

I would buy 1
dont remember lower trim always thinking of next fish

[RangerZerb]

I read a post awhile back before I took delivery of this new rig with PP's about water coming over. I can't find it, so re-posting. I am well schooled in how to come down normally so as to prevent the wave from coming over onto the deck of our ass heavy boats. But these poles seem to be a new challenge. No matter how slow I come down, or give a little extra throttle; there is a shot of water that comes up and lands on the deck. I think it may be coming up through the bracket?

1. What am I doing wrong?

2. Is no one making a little plate that will cover the bottom side of the PP bracket like on the bottom of a jackplate?

Mick -- Here is a thread I started that I think you may find helpful...http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread....257&highlight=

Also, here is a pick of my PP's initially on S-2-6 brackets mounted in the back JP holes and then a pic now of my PP's on S-2-2 brackets on the front JP holes. It made a WORLD of difference in eliminating the wave pool on my back deck. Like lit7erally I can now kill the throttle at 70 and just let the boat sit down on its own and no water comes up on my back deck.

[Drami04]

mine set up just like yours

Question

would it be better to have brackets set lower on jack plate or highest?

[Drami04]

[Rangerman2006]

Mick.. Let's see some pics of the new rig!!

[RangerZerb]

mine set up just like yours

Question

would it be better to have brackets set lower on jack plate or highest?

As you can see from my pics above, I have the brackets flush with the top of the JP which seems to give me the right balance of not pushing water on deck when coming off plane and not adding additional drag when coming out the hole.

[Drami04]

As you can see from my pics above, I have the brackets flush with the top of the JP which seems to give me the right balance of not pushing water on deck when coming off plane and not adding additional drag when coming out the hole.

So higher is better??

[Mick2268]

I’ve tried add a couple pics, and it tells me file is too big. I dont know how to make file smaller on my phone.

[bbecnel]

i took the xtra brace off my 2017 z520c pp brackets ( 2-6 brackets ) the spray on the back deck is better , but still exists . thats with top of bracket flush with top of the atlas. its easier to manage the spray w/o the brace. gonna try raising the brackets as high as i can , to see if that fixes the problem...

[Drami04]

I thought about raising PP mounting brackets as high as possible also let us know if this helps