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03-20-2014, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 35fountain

A friend of my changed the props without changing the shifters at first to try it..Going out of the marina was fine coming back in he totally forgot LOL and when he put the boat in reverse it went forward and he crashed into the dock

I guess it could be confusing. I think i'll just swap the 2 shift cables..

I only ran it with the props swapped to see what kind of speed i would lose , then i put them back before i came in ,i did not want encounter any docking problems , the next time i came out it was all changed around .

03-20-2014, 04:31 PM

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I guess it could be confusing. I think i'll just swap the 2 shift cables..

Yeah, you wouldn't want to get seated and hammer the throttles forward, only to face plant the dash.

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03-20-2014, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by US1 Fountain

Yeah, you wouldn't want to get seated and hammer the throttles forward, only to face plant the dash.

That would only happen to this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15p8QDqex04&app=desktop ...as discussed on this thread:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...rd-drives.html

The rest of us know how to drive.

Related:
Did I ever tell you about the time I almost landed my AT in the back of my truck trying to "back" off the trailer (with the installed reversed)?

It it would have been a Fountain, I'd have needed a new windshield in the truck.

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03-20-2014, 07:35 PM

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Personally I like my props turning in. Sure its a bit harder to dock, but at least I have an excuse for when I look like an azzhole trying to back in the slip. If my props were spinning out, and I still cant get it in straight, then, well, I have no excuse! lol