Motor hieght Vs. chime walking

[CNT]

How do you adjust the motor hight to prevent or lesson chine walking on a boat. A friend of mine has a 21' Stratus and at top speed it starts to chine walk and you have to back out of the throtle. Do we need to lower the motor or raise the motor to prevent this?

[Riverman]

The correct word is chine walking, not chime.

I think it is more about driving through the chine walk. There are adjustments to engine height that will help, but if the boat has a pad it will chine walk. Just gotta practice more. :)

[tigweld]

Raise the motor, and counter steer

[Largemouthlou]

The correct word is chine walking, not chime.

I think it is more about driving through the chine walk. There are adjustments to engine height that will help, but if the boat has a pad it will chine walk. Just gotta practice more. :)


This is correct, when your motor and boat are set up correctly it will be easier to drive, but you must have plenty of seat time to learn to feel the walk and compinsate for it.. It is easier then ya think and there will be a point in time that you will wonder what the big deal was!!

Find out what the minimum h2o is for your motor at wot and stay about 5# above to be safe but raise motor till h2o reaches that #, most 3 liters is 10 -15 and 2.5's is 15#

Once that is done trim till ya start to feel the walk then trim down a touch till your comfortable there, then bump the rim up a touch and as ya feel the boat rock to the left do a slight correction to the right.. If this don't work and your correcting to slow then when ya feel the rock to the left tap the do a slight adjustment to the left..
You will have to try different ways till ya learn but do it slowly.. Also balance the load in the boat from left to right , use a 4 foot carpenters level across the front of the boat, sit in the drivers seat and add weght to the passenger side till the level reads level. Hope this helps a little.. Louis

[MODXR6]

With the weight of a 21 foot Stratos (quite heavy) & the width of the pad on that hull you really shouldn't experience hardly any chine walk (if any at all).
Sounds like trying to run with too much trim. If it's runnin good still with too much trim then play with the setup (props, prop shaft height, setback, etc) & you'll find the sweet spot.

[vector mike]

If you are running the stock rubber motor mounts or your steering is loose you will never get the chine walk out of it. Lift your motor, install solid motor mounts and use a dual cable or pulley steering system.