I learned from this..

[150aintenuff]

good RElays are a must!!!!! lost a trim system on my hydrostream.. the end result was a 80 MPH bat turn from hell.... engine was at 11K + totally out of the water and couldnt shut it down fast enough, nose dipped to the windshield, sisters boyfirend pee'd himself I ended up in the passenger side rear of the boat next to the spinning prop... THANK GOD no other boats were even close... result was a complete rerig of every electronic component so it wouldnt happen again


another time was when I drove a buddys Allison as we were trying to dial it in.... motor was to deep and had wrong prop /lower unit combo... it TRIED to becomme a hooker but that was saved by a notso smart "educated( spun before in an out of controll boat)" operator knowing WHAt a pending doom of a bat turn felt like... prop broke loose and i chopped the throttle right as the nose fell back into the water and swung hard left, luckilly the motor caught and resulted in WICKED chine walk.. but didnt go around... got wet on that one as the splash wave went over the boat pulling a passenger seat out of the boat...

[WATERWINGS]

I had the red and white tunnel below hook violenty with me on the last run to the house, coming around the last turn before home.

It happened so fast, it would have been all over with before I knew it, but I got lucky and with a loud UUUUGGGGHHHH as I tightened my grip on the wheel, I was able to stay in the boat.

I had a full beer in between my legs, and when I got my $hit back together, and needed a drink to calm my nerves......the beer was almost empty.

The G-force of the hook emptied my beer out the side of the boat.

[oceantraveler]

I managed to Stuff a 31 ft scorpion coming thru Holgate side of Little egg inlet in N.J.about 8 years ago.We were runnin from a thunder storm and i decided to zig zag back and forth thru the waves instead of slowing down. I had the Tabs down aswell and forgot to put them up while runnin thru the inlet.So needless to say a wave got under me so quick i didnt have time to react and the stern caught the crest and we surfed it to the bottom it was about 8ft roller i guess.I was hopen that the bow would pop up but she didnt i stuffed her right into the bottom. When the hull rode up the next roller i had to gun it to keep movin we had water up to my knees inside and when i looked to see how low in the water we were riden the motors were almost under.as we climed up another wave most of the water rolled over the transom.Thank god for self bailing cockpits. I should of known better to screw around in LE inlet in a storm but we were in a hurry and we got caught with our pants down! Also this was the madien voyage with Trim Tabs on this hull. so A following sea with the tabs down was a deff no no ! Needless to say we took the tabs off the boat before next season rolled around.This particular boat didnt respond well at all with trim tabs.. It was like she was possed with them on her!!

[ehill]

That is a good idea with the ski rope yachter55 might need that one day.

[Marko]

I managed to Stuff a 31 ft scorpion coming thru Holgate side of Little egg inlet in N.J.about 8 years ago.We were runnin from a thunder storm and i decided to zig zag back and forth thru the waves instead of slowing down. I had the Tabs down aswell and forgot to put them up while runnin thru the inlet.So needless to say a wave got under me so quick i didnt have time to react and the stern caught the crest and we surfed it to the bottom it was about 8ft roller i guess.I was hopen that the bow would pop up but she didnt i stuffed her right into the bottom. When the hull rode up the next roller i had to gun it to keep movin we had water up to my knees inside and when i looked to see how low in the water we were riden the motors were almost under.as we climed up another wave most of the water rolled over the transom.Thank god for self bailing cockpits. I should of known better to screw around in LE inlet in a storm but we were in a hurry and we got caught with our pants down! Also this was the madien voyage with Trim Tabs on this hull. so A following sea with the tabs down was a deff no no ! Needless to say we took the tabs off the boat before next season rolled around.This particular boat didnt respond well at all with trim tabs.. It was like she was possed with them on her!!

Been through Holgate 1000 times----know what you mean----rode a roller in and it pushed me under the next one in a 19' glaspar bowrider---took on 50 gal or so but punched it & made it through----Laughed about it later but not so funny at the time!

[oceantraveler]

Been through Holgate 1000 times----know what you mean----rode a roller in and it pushed me under the next one in a 19' glaspar bowrider---took on 50 gal or so but punched it & made it through----Laughed about it later but not so funny at the time!

I hear ya lol.Holgate can be a real nightmare in the springtime,Hell anytime for that matter.Its not so bad goin offshore but when it blows from the east its a real chore to navigate thru there.I sometimes hugg the beach headed out.Theres plenty of water about 15 to 20 yards of the beach passed f bouy.If you run the channel to f then come hard to port to the beach head your in good water all the way!The bottom changes there on a daily basis.but lately its been ok.I see the coast guard is busy getting ready to put all the missing bouys back so the WEEKENDERS dont run aground evertime they go boating! heheeheheheh gota love it!

[aguywithabucket]

u think ur in controle and have her by the nuts well u got ur foot down and finger on the trim untill it all hapens then u truly realise that ur not the driver giving her a spanking rather she is the boss and she is about to spank u for thinking that u are the one who controls her
1 min u are loving it next minut u are preying for ur life as it flashes bye

[Darkside's Calling]

I'm just learning to fly a tunnel ('86 Eliminator 21'), only running high 70's right now (no GPS), and have:

1. Gotten it trimed up a little too high at speed, not to the point of blow over, but just starting to lift slightly on it's own. "****... Trim down, slight trail throttle, settle the nose and roll back into the throttle."

2. Running trimmed up (but not as much) and running hard, came out from behind a ridgeline and caught a headwind. Lifted the back of the hull, prop walked to the side twice and settled back in. After this run Inspector Lance told me I had the nose way up. Actually SEVERAL people told me it was way up, mostly owners of Eliminators with blown jets. Did this Saturday (25 July) still waiting for pic's of the pass to post up.

What have I learned?

1. Listen to those who have already been there (learned that back in my Stock car racing days), why invent the wheel over again...

2. Use the trim button a little more judiciously... I've looked at pic's of boats running nose high, basically on the prop, and "Thought" that was the way to run it.

Fortunately my ignorance didn't hurt me, anyone else, or my equipment, but I found out the seat upholsterly stll has plenty of "pucker factor" left.

[Hottrucks]

remenber that tunnels fly on there own so once you get it aired out you can acually trim it down a bit this will turn the bow lift into forward thrust to get you really moving the best trim angle is 0* to the water

[Darkside's Calling]

copy , I wondered about that.... next time out I'll get it up and aired and then start trimming back down and see what that does for it...

[Darkside's Calling]

WOOHOO my first working picture attempt!!!! here's #2