What could cause this roll over????
03-18-2013 | 11:03 PM
#21
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From: Edgerock Baby!!
I have been in a cat that would lift up in the rear when you chopped the throttles, it would actually accelerate for a second. If the rear of that boat lifted as the throttle came off it would push the bow in and that always causes issues with a multi step bottom.
03-19-2013 | 07:07 AM
#22
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From: Huntsville, AL
Now ,looking back and seeing the video 100s of times, The feeling of the roll was like catching an edge snow skiing or snow boarding. we were wider in the turn, crc had all ready gone threw. we went wider to carry more speed. as we hit the wakes of the other boats ,which get larger as they move away from the center of the coarse,more so in the turns,my thottle man backed off to keep the boat low in the stern so boat would not spin out. We were all ready high due to large diameter props and high x so traction, hookup was compromised.When we hit the wakes, the boat layed down instead of staying settled in the rear. So as we were turning left, the stern wanted to go straight causing the roll. speed was about 80. my thottle man, also my best friend just passed of cancer last year. funny thing is, he would of died earlier if we didnt crash. A little while after the crash he still didnt feel well ,thought he screwed up his neck from the crash. he went to the doctors and came out with brain cancer which they were able to treat for several years. if there wasnt a crash, he wouldnt have gone to doctor and would have died that year. he was the first person to come out of the boat in the front. I came out second when to boat was up side down.
