bruin_d

Can someone explain to me what the term "walk" means? I have read the some of the 27' Fountains will "walk" at 70-75mph. Thanks in advance.

MacGyver

Chine walk. Boat will want to dance from side to side all by itself at higher speeds.

GRUNION

It is when the boat feels like it is walking on the tail not a good thing.

fountainguy214

its about the time to bring the throttles down.... and what was said sbove

bruin_d

Now that I understand walk, I also see people talk about powering through it. How does increasing your speed fix the problem?

sellsman11

Sometimes the boat will get up on pad and want to fall off to one side or the other. (chine walk) Powering through it is throttling through the walk until the boat is up on pad and balanced. I would strongly suggest throttling back more times than throttling through it.

MOBILEMERCMAN

It is the boats inability to balance. The driver plays a part. With practice one can learn to balance the boat. If you are capable of this balancing act you can drive trough it and it smooths out. If not experienced and or capable you may go swimming if you try to power through.

All V bottoms experience this at some speed. The bigger the boat the higher the speed.

grads2112

The best way to get it to stop walking is sell it and buy a cat....lol

xconn92

One of the best screen names on OSO was "Luke Chinewalker".

Griswald

we need to go for a ride