finally made it out this year

[THEFERMANATOR]

Took my new to me SUNDANCE out yesterday for it's first little trip to the lake. Now I gotta find a prop to stop the porpoising.

[Redneck]

You bastard!!! lol
I'm so jealous right now I've stolen you pic it's now my screen saver this week so I can day dream of warmer/fishy days ahead.
Thanks brother made my day

[inaforty]

So that's what they look like in the water!
It's all coming back to me.....now I remember.

All kidding aside thanks for sharing.
The weather here is VERY slowly turning for the better.

[SkunkBoat]

[phatdaddy]

got about another month before spanish arrive. water temp is still 62-63, needs to be 68-70.

the boat i'm messing with is a 15.5 cajun stick steer w/ 40 hp mariner. 98 model. belonged to my dad, after he passed away 5 years ago, i went out in it 3 times. decided to sell it & the whaler and maybe getting a larger skiff like ferms to scallop out of.

glad ya'll liked it.

[macojoe]

water temp here is 40* will be a bit longer but its coming!! Starts when the water gets to the mid 50's

[bradford]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Took my new to me SUNDANCE out yesterday for it's first little trip to the lake. Now I gotta find a prop to stop the porpoising.

Let me know what you end up running Ferm, still have a little more setting up to do on mine, but thinking I might need a 4 blade.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bradford

Let me know what you end up running Ferm, still have a little more setting up to do on mine, but thinking I might need a 4 blade.

The wide beam skiffs porpoise BAD! I'm looking at either a powertech scd4 16 pitch, spitfire 4 blade aluminum, or a michigan wheel 4 blade aluminum xhs. With the way it porpoises, I'll probably have to put a fin on the engine to help hold the bow down.

[RidgeRunner]

That is crappy. Carolina Skiff and the service department kept the company I worked for in the late 80's ALIVE. They were not too bad to porpoise as I recall. (Original design) My dad's newer designed 14J 20hp Merc will definitely porpoise if there is noone in the front seat. I can move the fuel tank foreward enough and put the cooler up there and it almost removes the ill effect of having a big *** guy sitting at the transom... No mas driving with the tiller anymore. Give me a steering wheel and a throttle I can set and cruise. That tiller of my dad's will wear you out on a long cruise.
To get a clear picture of what your fighting, Are You talking neutral trim or fully tucked and porposing?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Fully tucked, and porpoising. And engine height isn't the problem as I can change that at the flick of a switch. The 3blade yamaha semi cleaver aluminum that came on it was undriveable in my opinion. The 4 blade solas made theboat controllable, but still bounces. I know on CS board, the 198 is a known porpoiser, but the narrow beam isn't. The modified V's seem to be the worst. I've had several flatbottom boats now thatneeded a fin to stop them from porpoising. I'm going to try and prop this one to fix it, if not it will get a fin to.