Learning to deal with Chine Walk.

[Reynard38]

Any torque tab on skeg?

No

[FUJIMO]

[fichrman2]

Certainly its the angle of the pic - or that skegs bent as hell

[LakeFever]

Practice and seat time and you get some muscle memory going on and it gets a lot easier.

[Li'l Toy]

Understand that this is not a situation where you learn to set up the boat and then you are done. You learn how to work the wheel to counter the chine walk, but you do that as long as you own the boat. Like Lake Fever said, it becomes muscle memory and you forget that you are doing it, but it is part of driving on the pad.

[LakeFever]

I’ve been boating my whole life and my first pad hull I wrestled with for a whole season, the second season I got the hang of it, the third season I bought my second pad hull with a lot more power and it started to click for me. Very little trim, and my mind is almost like a hair trigger response for getting out of the throttle and when I do trim up I’m wide eyed and ready for full tilt abort. Something like that level of intensity is how my mind is, but the seat time makes it more second nature and a lot more fun.

the chine walk doesn’t bother me much now but those hard to see sharp waves sure do. I try and pick my spots

[Greg G]

The Bravo you have has a lot of diameter. Couple that with no torque tab and possible slight air in the steering and all these items will add to chine walk. IMO find a shop who has a power purge machine and do that steering part first. Then, you might try a Rev 4 and compare it to the Bravo you are running currently. Then you can take on some next steps.

[XstreamVking]

4 blade should settle it down some and allow more positive trim too.

[vnemous]

What is a bubble bleeder? Please tell me more about it or post a link to ware you purchased this.

Im sure he means a Power Bleeder. Chine walk in a 24 Superboat kinda rare or am I the only one who thinks that?

[Reynard38]

Certainly its the angle of the pic - or that skegs bent as hell

I took a good look at it this morning and it appears to be straight.

[CUDA]

Im sure he means a Power Bleeder. Chine walk in a 24 Superboat kinda rare or am I the only one who thinks that?

If you been 98.6mph in a 21 Superboat you know set up well.

[rgsauger]

I'm in the same boat...learning my shadow. I found these links helpful.

https://basscat.com/forum/groups/bas...nd-bow-torque/

http://www.bassboatcentral.com/new_page_2.htm

Play with your motor height, too. Too deep adds to poor handling.

Lastly...do NOT get out of the gas quickly when at speed!!!!! It's real easy to hook one by doing that. Trim down a few bumps to set the keel in the water and THEN get out of the gas.

[LakeFever]

Rgsauger thanks for that tip. I haven’t been fast enough yet to deal with major abort issues but I roll out of the throttle and trim down simultaneously. Nothing abrupt just instant reaction when it feels sketchy I get out of it and start again. Plus I run a v-king which tracks good on the deceleration.

Valero, two v-kings and a vandal which isn’t fast yet. Wanted this info here in case my advice doesn’t work for another hull I don’t want to steer anyone wrong. I’m still a newb and just lived this pad learning thing too is why I commented

[Reynard38]

I'm in the same boat...learning my shadow. I found these links helpful.

https://basscat.com/forum/groups/bas...nd-bow-torque/

http://www.bassboatcentral.com/new_page_2.htm

Play with your motor height, too. Too deep adds to poor handling.

Lastly...do NOT get out of the gas quickly when at speed!!!!! It's real easy to hook one by doing that. Trim down a few bumps to set the keel in the water and THEN get out of the gas.

Great articles, thanks.
And yes the previous owner gave me the same advice about reducing throttle slowly after bumping the trim down.

[rgsauger]

Great articles, thanks.
And yes the previous owner gave me the same advice about reducing throttle slowly after bumping the trim down.

So in my lack of experience, I hooked it three times over a couple of years and didn't know why. Started reading EVERYTHING on the topic and the consistent theme was getting out of the gas too quickly. Basically, the hull is up and out of the water on the pad and is slightly skewed from prop torque. So when I essentially chopped the throttle, it dropped the keel back into the water but at a slightly off-from-center angle and she hooked like a bittch to the left pretty hard. Now, bump bump on the down switch and then back out of it - not a prob.

Learning the pad...get just into the pad and hold it there and learn what she does and why she does it. You're never more than one or two bumps down from "stable" and safe. Have fun, wear you life jacket and kill switch, and don't get wet! lol