wheelie??
i have a few questions about wheelies,
i take it you trim 20 degrees up, and mash the throttle??
is this an engine killer??
12 qts of oil all at the back of your motor dosen't sound too positive??
it looks really cool and fun!
any problems with swamping or sinking when coming off a wheelie??
wtf
wheelies are for motorcycles silly!
I believe he means bow-rise. Uncertain, though, with the reference to wheels.
Originally Posted by gn7Its amazing any of us can even get back to shore each outing with those old tech POS we use.
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2001 SleekCraft 30' Heritage SSB, open-bow mid-cuddy. 496HO / Bravo-I.
You're right, that looks sooo cool.Originally Posted by 1975sleekcraft
This is the result of chopping the throttle in a low-freeboard boat. From 30 or so mph, he went to idle and didn't mind the backwash coming up from behind. Lake Patrol pulled the boat to the dock, we picked up the floating stuff (seat cushions, hats, etc) and then helped pull it onto the trailer.
In the second pic, notice the water level inside by the valve cover.
Originally Posted by gn7
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2001 SleekCraft 30' Heritage SSB, open-bow mid-cuddy. 496HO / Bravo-I.
You're right, that looks sooo cool.
In past years I cracked(split open) the bottom of one of my gullwings doing wheelie hops, and later cracked a sponson on one of my 19ft pickleforks. I,m done with wheelies.
I never hurt an engine though, so If thats all your worried about then go for it. I will admit its fun to look over and see the look on a passengers face when you surprise then with their first boat wheelie experiance.
And oh yes, you might want to install one of my passenger restraint systems in your boat to give them something to hold on to when you scare the crap out of them........."the faster you go, the better it holds!"
Last edited by wsm9808; 03-21-2009 at 02:47 PM.
wheelie
Yes, I run my trim all the way up at idle and hammer it. She does a real good launch. Scares the crap out of a first timer.
Only thing I worry about is pistons hammering into the oil. Causing some aeration(sp). Not much different than any boat or car launchin off the starting line.
Jerry
HaHaHa...Perfect for my chickIn past years I cracked(split open) the bottom of one of my gullwings doing wheelie hops, and later cracked a sponson on one of my 19ft pickleforks. I,m done with wheelies.
I never hurt an engine though, so If thats all your worried about then go for it. I will admit its fun to look over and see the look on a passengers face when you surprise then with their first boat wheelie experiance.
And oh yes, you might want to install one of my passenger restraint systems in your boat to give them something to hold on to when you scare the crap out of them........."the faster you go, the better it holds!"
Originally Posted by bocco
"One more thing. Boobs are like boat motors. I never heard a woman say she wished she had gone smaller"
I think it's rivertard who does huge wheelies.
From what i can tell the diverter is straight or slightly up and he gives it alittle gas were the boat wants to plow through the water. This causes the bow to rise way up, then move the diverter all the way up and mash... Again this is my guess, i watched him do it a couple times from shore and it didnt look like he just had it up and mashed because you would have saw a roost right before the boat wheelied.
Check the tom papp memorial pictures thread from this year, there's pics of him doing it there.
If you boat has half length stringers, make sure you check the integrity of the wood/fiberglass. Launching hard nose up can yank on the stringers in a way they where not designed to do...so if your wood is old and soft...don't stand it up! (nice cliche eh?)
i am so glad i didn't log in till this morning. some of you guys are a little crushing. i have been on Hotboat since 05, performance boat since 08, and skagen for a few months. i really haven't posted much anywhere, till now(grew some balls). i always felt inferior. my boat is awesome to me! after surfin forums for a while i realized just how lame my boat is. olds 455, jacuzzi YJ, with shorty stringers,and not much bling under the hood! oh yah, HOOD, what the heck is a hood!! i have enjoyed it since day one! i now have over 8 grand in my maybe 4 thousand dollar boat. it has cost me 2500 this winter just to put a place diverter on it( YJ energizer kit inc). i am so glad most ya'll are pretty cool!! thanx for all the good insight!!!!!!!!!
that clown is the sssshhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiizzzzzzzzzllllllllleeeeee!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is your boat lame? You like it, screw what anyone else thinks. Nothing wrong with a short stringer boat, as long as you know the limitations of the hull.
Boat wheelies, yeah they're kinda lame.
Yeah, I don't see anyone particularly bashing your ride.
You asked opinions and methods for running your boat in a manner it was never designed for - nor was the hardware that propels it. You got opinions on how, how not and why not.
It's kinda like takin grandma's 6cyl 3spd Falcon to the store. You CAN rev it up and dump the clutch for a cool result. But, the car was not designed for that and it is HARD on parts/equipment. So - can you do it? Yes. SHOULD you? No.
And, this explanation is not bashing the Falcon. See?
Originally Posted by gn7
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2001 SleekCraft 30' Heritage SSB, open-bow mid-cuddy. 496HO / Bravo-I.
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