Stand Up or Sit Down preference
08-14-2005, 06:09 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
Originally Posted by rastaboatin
Stand up..but it is way more dangerous I have a interesting story on that one to if you would like to hear it.
I think we've got time, lets here it.
08-14-2005, 06:19 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
On my fourth offshore boat - three previous (fountain , cigarette ) were stand up models and everything was cool. Then i got a Donzi ZR....and with it's adjustable footrest's, canopies and secure seats - sitting has never been better.
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08-14-2005, 07:27 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
I have heard bad stories about standing up when riding offshore and that you should be sitting whenever possible, here is my little story and I know we all do it a buddy of mine was leaving the falls at cumberland in a 25 outlaw when he was first starting to take off like most he stood up because the bow lift and he hit big wake sending the boat straight up causing the motor to stall and the boat to fall to the side throwing him out of the the boat but not compleatly. His legs caught, when the boat corrected it self, it whipped him back into the boat violently throwing him into the boat. He was banged up went to the hospital and checked out ok but definatly scared him to death. Now what should you really do? There is no way to see unless we are standing when we are first accellerating but is it the safest thing? What about when we are shooting across the water standing I know I have been knocked down I have always had my kill switch attached but is it the safest thing? I am not asking to start a fight or to say one persons way is better than anothers just looking for other options or opinions I know I stand when first accelerating, but after I got knocked down I started to sit as much as I could when I was shooting across the water.
08-14-2005, 07:33 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
we feel safer sitting down in our cat, no bow rise at all coming on plane, much more secure feeling sitting in the seats at 110 in the big seas.
08-14-2005, 07:42 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
It really depends on how your boat is configured. When I had a smaller cat, it was not an option to stand. My new boat has stand-up bolsters all the way to my chest...this is a very secure feeling when it gets rough.
08-14-2005, 07:56 PM
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Re: Stand Up or Sit Down preference
I don't want to start a "whats better debate" but I always found myself standing in the bolsters in my V-bottoms, but never feel the need to in my cat maybe because of the wider beam?
