Knot 4 Me

When you are running at the top end trimmed out, it is the tendency of the boat to rock back and forth (side to side) on the chines (where the verticle part of the hull transitions to the horizontal running surface).

slowboat

actually no. im from monroe, mi. on western lake erie.
where is whiskey island at?

slowboat

along with what knot 4 me said...at first i thought chine walking was just poor hull design but then i found out most boats will walk at or near top speeds. i know boats will react differently at top speeds due to hull design such as a stepped hull, notched transom, pads, etc.

i would describe chine walking as a really "loose" feeling when my boat is funning fast and the hull is really out of the water. depending on your steering setup, it can be somewhat controlled with steering input. (ive heard standard steering and hydraulic steering react differently on driver input to correct walking)

i rode in my buddy's 36' cigarette gladiator (which he's selling if anyone is interested) this year and we hit 101mph on gps on the lake. funny thing is...the walking on that cig at 101 was not as bad as my pq at 65-68! i think he did a good job of controlling it with steering input. kept us alive at over 100!

cbgenrl

Dont have any personal experience with 6.2's in an enticer but have several buddies with 6.2's in other hulls and they have proven very reliable. Outside of an oil line failure (2 separate motors) they have just added gas. These motors have been run pretty hard too. Obviously they rev a lot higher then the old BBC.

I will get a little bit of chine walk...but it has to really be all the way freed up and WOT. Nothing that I would describe as something to avoid the purchase for. The 29 shines for its size (in and out of the cabin) and ride. She aint the fastest hull out there. Best I saw this year was 68.9 with stock carbed 454's

Fast Forward

I've had a 23 Conquest and now have a 26 Legend, a friend of mine had a 23 Stryker and over the summer I test drove a couple 29's and this type of chine walking seems to be a PQ trait. I'm sure it has to do hull design but I think it also maybe due to the fact that the PQ has such a high freeboard which in turn places the center of gravity a bit higher. I was in a friends 28 Pantara and I can tell you at 85mph this boat never moved! Was solid and flat the entire time. But than again he had twin 650's so the need to fully trim the boat out for speed was not needed.

With that said I still would like to move into a 29, they are great boats!!

DRIPPINWETII

I think PQ got rid of the chine walk with the new hull on the300 revenge. My 300 runs 90 and I don't notice a thing unless I am trimmed to the moon. Even then it is easilly manigable. It does feel like it's going to take flight if you are heading into a strong wind!

Shawn D

This last summer my brother-in-law test drove a '93 29' with carb'ed 500's. I want to think it got to around 75mph and it felt unstable. As chine walk is described above, I'ld say that what it was doing.

It has a ton of hours, apparently rebuilt motors, light blue smoke, Too much Pink. It Dropped a motor for a sea pump and limped it in. Other motor leaked oil. But the price was like 22K so he had to look at it.

He ended up buying a '90 Formula 331. While it wasn't as fast or had as much room, it is a rock solid ride and was cleaner.

sommerfliesby

Wally- Is that my old boat? Did you buy it at Raymonds?

cbgenrl

Mike, no it is not. However, I did look at your boat, with my old man...like the first day/week it was for sale up in your dad's shed. It was a very nice ride. I actually bought my boat later that same day (pending the water test) up near caddilac. This is a 97 (I think yours was a 98) and was a little cheaper, essentially the same ride though.

Actually, I still have pictures of your boat around here somewhere, it was a nice piece!

cbgenrl

Look familiar?