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hogie roll 05-16-2016 09:26 PM

Boats swapping ends
 
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/trou...bout-bay-boats

Good video about half way through of a test they did to get these boats to spin out.

I love turning my boat hard, glad it doesn't do that.

risco 05-17-2016 06:11 AM


Originally Posted by hogie roll (Post 4439861)
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/trou...bout-bay-boats

Good video about half way through of a test they did to get these boats to spin out.

I love turning my boat hard, glad it doesn't do that.

I saw this the other day very sad what happen to girl. Now with that being said i dont under stand why the would not run test again after lowering the jack plate you can see that it has one and it obviously set very high as you can the whole 20in motor out of water. Cool boats but they do need to do something to keep this from happening

Wildman_grafix 05-17-2016 06:42 AM

Wide open throttle hard turn with the motor all the way up? Even the slower turn they had the motor up, if that is the " test" for safe or not there goes jet skis.

Try that in your car.

tommymonza 05-17-2016 07:39 AM

Trim it to the Moon and spin it out.

The Ralph Nader of boats , coming soon.

Say goodbye to that boat company.

hogie roll 05-17-2016 08:21 AM

Well as a flats boat they do it for shallow draft.

My old tigershark had big black fins sticking out the side of hull at the back with a slight downward angle. About 18" long and 3" wide. That thing would not spin no matter what you did to it.

partlowr 05-17-2016 08:36 AM

Look at the hull design, it doesn't take an engineer to figure out that it's going to have twitchy handling characteristic, there is nothing underwater beyond the first 3 or 4 feet of bow. It's not far off from being a swamp boat.

f_inscreenname 05-17-2016 10:55 AM


Originally Posted by partlowr (Post 4439990)
Look at the hull design, it doesn't take an engineer to figure out that it's going to have twitchy handling characteristic, there is nothing underwater beyond the first 3 or 4 feet of bow. It's not far off from being a swamp boat.

Ya it looks like when I turn hard in a hydroplane.

johnmiffco 05-17-2016 11:21 AM

yep,,,,EL PESCADOR boats are crap and unsafe
they been building them for 20 yrs and 000,s of times they have tossed people out
that 1 version was made from a sailboat bottom as why the bow is dragging and boat spins out on the bow
sad part is its the weekend boater that gets hurt
the 1 that is there for a fishing trip or ride not knowing the boat their on
there are some very nice flats boats and then there is the backyard crap

Cajun 2 Stepp 05-17-2016 01:18 PM

Its a tunnel hull flats boat with a jackplate.
There's nothing in the water to keep the back end from swapping around.

johnmiffco 05-17-2016 01:28 PM

I have a glass shop here in Houston
and have had many of these boats come through here
not a full tunnel boat but yes they cut in a small " pocket " tunnel in the bottom at the last 3-5' for water to rise
to get prop higher out of the water for the shallows
that particular hull in video was the worst of them all
as had a slick bottom on the back half with the front vee with the little keel still there from the boat they poped off of
so when grab some wheel it nose digs and spins the transom from no grip of the rear of the bottom and prop high


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