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Had my 288 out this weekend for the first time this season i just bought it late last fall. I noticed as the boat comes on plan the rpms will jump as the boat breaks on plan, this is with the drives trimmed all the way in. I can back out of the throttle slightly and them trim up just a bit and the speed seems to catch up. I never noticed this with my Baja 252, is this normal for the 288? prop is a bravo 1 24p, everything else is great i love the boat! It handles totally different than the 252 so it may be i just need to learn how to handle it better.
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Yes this is normal. My 99' 288 did it all of the time. I would usually back out of the throttle quickly and then ease back into it and the prop would hook up. Or like you are doing just let it catch up on it's own but at a lower RPM.
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Had my 288 out this weekend for the first time this season i just bought it late last fall. I noticed as the boat comes on plan the rpms will jump as the boat breaks on plan, this is with the drives trimmed all the way in. I can back out of the throttle slightly and them trim up just a bit and the speed seems to catch up. I never noticed this with my Baja 252, is this normal for the 288? prop is a bravo 1 24p, everything else is great i love the boat! It handles totally different than the 252 so it may be i just need to learn how to handle it better.
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I will have to give the tabs a try i'm the second owner of this baot and the original owner optioned it out well but he skipped the tab indicators which i had on my baja and really like. Seems like mine breaks over on plane about 3k and then it jumps to about 4200 if i dont back off. Its a learning curve like any new boat i guess.
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Of all the boats in that size range I've been on the 288 planes easily without tabs and it does it without pointing it's nose spaceward. Ease into it and you'll still get some slip coming up but nothing exccessive. Never been on one that needed tabs to roll up on top unless your hauling a boatload. Unless your hammering it out of the hole or the boat has a very aggressive X dimnesion it should easily hook back up after a bit of slip halfway to plane.