311 vs 292...first REAL boat
10-22-2019, 02:55 PM
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12-01-2019, 09:44 AM
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As I learn my new boat...are there any downsides to trimming the motors "in" and as I come out of the hole/accelerate, using the "trailer" up button to move both motors together, to trim "out"? Watching out for too much out trim (due to trim limit switch being bypassed by the trailer button)?
12-01-2019, 11:08 AM
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Tom,
On mine you cannot do that. The trailer switch is disabled when the keys are on. Of course mine is a TRS... your Bravo setup may be different
Are you saying that your trim limit switches are preventing you from being able to get the maximum trim out of the drives/boat?
On my boat all of rhe switches at the drives are disabled (from the factory). I can trim to the point of breaking something if I wanted. Your Bravo boat isn’t that way?
On mine you cannot do that. The trailer switch is disabled when the keys are on. Of course mine is a TRS... your Bravo setup may be different
Are you saying that your trim limit switches are preventing you from being able to get the maximum trim out of the drives/boat?
On my boat all of rhe switches at the drives are disabled (from the factory). I can trim to the point of breaking something if I wanted. Your Bravo boat isn’t that way?
12-01-2019, 11:22 AM
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12-01-2019, 12:45 PM
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we did sell our Fastech. Going into a performance CC. We are also looking at places in Sarasota FLA. Would love to come down and boat in the gulf. Going to be a year before we get new boat.
12-01-2019, 06:17 PM
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Tom,
On mine you cannot do that. The trailer switch is disabled when the keys are on. Of course mine is a TRS... your Bravo setup may be different
Are you saying that your trim limit switches are preventing you from being able to get the maximum trim out of the drives/boat?
On my boat all of rhe switches at the drives are disabled (from the factory). I can trim to the point of breaking something if I wanted. Your Bravo boat isn’t that way?
On mine you cannot do that. The trailer switch is disabled when the keys are on. Of course mine is a TRS... your Bravo setup may be different
Are you saying that your trim limit switches are preventing you from being able to get the maximum trim out of the drives/boat?
On my boat all of rhe switches at the drives are disabled (from the factory). I can trim to the point of breaking something if I wanted. Your Bravo boat isn’t that way?
I do not know if the limit switches are accurately set (I will assume previous owners calibrated them)...I just was trying to figure a simple way to move both motors up in parallel/together.
Limit switches seem to work...but I was warned (previous owner) that the Latham drive cylinders can impact the swim platform if you lift (probably with trailer switch) the drives too high.
12-01-2019, 06:21 PM
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This place is full of performance center consoles with 2-5 outboards. I know you are probably headed straight down I-95 (towards Sarasota-by the way...GREAT location) but if you venture west, we've got dock space on the north side of Perdido Key.
03-07-2020, 09:18 AM
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The boat is down in Florida now...just waiting on my new boat lift to be finished before putting her up in the "bird house".
See pictures below of my previous boats.
See pictures below of my previous boats.
03-13-2020, 08:25 AM
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I will check if "trailer" is disabled with key on.
I do not know if the limit switches are accurately set (I will assume previous owners calibrated them)...I just was trying to figure a simple way to move both motors up in parallel/together.
Limit switches seem to work...but I was warned (previous owner) that the Latham drive cylinders can impact the swim platform if you lift (probably with trailer switch) the drives too high.
I do not know if the limit switches are accurately set (I will assume previous owners calibrated them)...I just was trying to figure a simple way to move both motors up in parallel/together.
Limit switches seem to work...but I was warned (previous owner) that the Latham drive cylinders can impact the swim platform if you lift (probably with trailer switch) the drives too high.
03-13-2020, 10:34 AM
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On my 311 all i had was the dash switches. I would run them up and had my wife measure off the ground when they were parallel to the ground and raised them to the max height before it would cause damage and marked the trim panel with a dot on each. after that i just did GPS runs to see at which point the boat lost speed and i would move them back down
