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Post Icon Posted: April 02 2003,7:03 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Have been thinking about adding a pad to the boat. bottom now is similar to a bass boat, up around 80+ wants to do a little dancing. ya know rocks side to side reel soft. Was wondering how a pad might affected it Good or Bad? Will how wide the pad is make a big difference. Does it need to run more than 3' forward. Thought I'd ask before I reck my boat and have to start over. I know it's try and see what happens. But if some can save me some grief that would be good. So break out the crystal balls and show me the future   :eek  Thanks for the help

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Post Icon Posted: April 02 2003,7:15 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Have been thinking about adding a pad to the boat. bottom now is similar to a bass boat, up around 80+ wants to do a little dancing. ya know rocks side to side reel soft. Was wondering how a pad might affected it Good or Bad? Will how wide the pad is make a big difference. Does it need to run more than 3' forward. Thought I'd ask before I reck my boat and have to start over. I know it's try and see what happens. But if some can save me some grief that would be good. So break out the crystal balls and show me the future   :eek  Thanks for the help

"BASS BOAT", that gives me the shivers! J/K :eek A little more info may help!, what kind of boat, type of drive, prop etc.?, a pic would be really be helpful!.. ;)

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Post Icon Posted: April 02 2003,7:25 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
don't have a pic of the bottom. Boat is an intimidator, running a o/b. 10.5" of setback. What I mean by bass boat  :rolleys  is a rounded keel. 20' long prop is a 28 raker

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Post Icon Posted: April 02 2003,7:50 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, I don't know much about those, but a friend had a Champion, he used to do the "FISH" thing (new boat every year, best of everything, nice to have a sponsor) and his boat hauled ass, he took me for a ride in his and it went just under 90, man that was some scary shit, to me it seemed like it was ready to blow over at any time!. He said it couldn't run any better!. I told him he'd better not ever have a head wind!!. Seems like yours is running great but don't take my word for it!.  :eek  :eek  :rolleys
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Post Icon Posted: April 02 2003,7:58 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
your right it does run great, but like everyone else would like it a little more stable, maybe some extra go. It's not a bass boat, the only fishing I do is speeeed trolling, or bikini trolling :p . Hull just looks like bass thing. sorry for misunderstanding.  ooops

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Post Icon Posted: April 03 2003,4:59 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
You probably could add a trim tab on each side of the motor, I see a lot of O/B that have them?, does trimming the motor do anything??, what degree of V do you have?.. :confused
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Post Icon Posted: April 06 2003,10:06 am Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
been gone for a little bit. (couple of bike shows) never thought about tabs. Would they add some extra lift? Just what i need something else to think about. I will have to check on angle of vee, will get back to you on that one.

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No, it won't lift the boat but it will settle the nose down depending on how much down you have on the tabs. You adjust a 1/6" at a time until the boat settles down to where you want it... :)
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Post Icon Posted: April 07 2003,5:32 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
thanks will be something to try this summer. Still in the land of the great ice cube :(  but they are melting. couple days ago it snowed  :(  :(  :(  thought I missed summer and started getting ready for thanksgiving, looked like November here. thought I did the Rumpel guy thing, scary  tnanks again!!

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Damn, that sucks, wer'e in the low nineties here this week!.  :)
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Post Icon Posted: April 08 2003,6:53 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Ya know Gofastracer people that tease other people thak way should be ashamed of themselves  :p We are jumping with JOY today cause it hit 50 today and that was above :D ain't quite that bad but I am sick :angry of cold weather. So much for my whinning, I'll go away now and try to stay warm, should hit 60 by this weekend    :rotflmao :rotflmao don't wanna miss summer

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Yeah, they ought to shoot the bastards huh!  :rotflmao  :rotflmao It's supposed to be in the 50's tonight, that sucks, too cold to jump in the pool when I get up at 5 am!.  :eek  :laugh  Sorry, couldn't resist!  :laugh

BTW, I was born and raised in that shit and don't want anything to do with it anymore!!.  :eek  :rotflmao
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I know what you mean, that is why I bought some land in miss right next to the gulf. It might blow a little but its warm. most of the time and it never gets below 0 and even if it would it would not last four months :p  can run the bikes boat and muscle car 90% of the time. Sounds like the nextbest thing to heaven  :D

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"can run the bikes boat and muscle car 90% of the time"  

I'll go for that!.. :)  :)
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