Originally Posted by cheech (Post 4806673)

The captain or camera man?
Either way.
No way I'd be proud of getting that many people hurt!
Or recording it and showing it to the world to be made fun of endlessly.

Originally Posted by H20 Toie (Post 4806668)

Actually he was pretty proud of it, made a comment about being the most famous boater on you tube

Originally Posted by 540Fever (Post 4806627)

He's going to need some new controls (bent them over) and a clean pair of shorts. Yes, a video like this is precisely why I'd like to figure this out :)

Originally Posted by 540Fever (Post 4806627)

He's going to need some new controls (bent them over) and a clean pair of shorts. Yes, a video like this is precisely why I'd like to figure this out :)

Originally Posted by 540Fever (Post 4806567)

About as basic of a question you’ve probably all seen :) I recently picked up a 27’ Fountain and trying to get comfortable with the boat. This is the first boat I’ve ever owned, so have been reading quite a bit.

I recently realized I’ve been running tabs in a positive trim because I don’t have a limiter on my tabs, so that may help some as I lower them slightly. I understand if you see a wake, drive into it in a 90* and you’ll typically sail right over. My question is more around those waves that happen to be coming from both directions. Sometimes for me, even at 60-65, it’s hard to see a wave coming in until you’re about to hit it. Sometimes it really feels like the boat is riding multiple waves and you don’t have the same feel and control as your normally would. These don’t even have to be big waves necessarily just hit at the right time.

looking for some advice on how others handle these waves or is it just part of boating and roll through them?

Thanks,
Todd

Originally Posted by 36Tango (Post 4806680)

Find a local boater with a similar boat and ask them to spend some time with you. A few hours together over a few weeks and you will have the feel of it.

Originally Posted by RaggedEdge (Post 4806685)

Good advise. Also figure out where, on your gages, the neutral drive and tab settings are. Prop shaft and tabs dead level with the plane of the boat bottom. Fountains work well on their bottom in sloppy water, it's how they were designed to run, very close to a neutral setting. Go online and look for videos of Fountains running, very flat when hauling the mail thru slop.

Originally Posted by thisistank (Post 4806651)

That dude owns a 42X Cigarette now with (I believe) 1100's. He was at the cig run in 2020

Originally Posted by 540Fever (Post 4806567)

About as basic of a question you’ve probably all seen :) I recently picked up a 27’ Fountain and trying to get comfortable with the boat. This is the first boat I’ve ever owned, so have been reading quite a bit.

I recently realized I’ve been running tabs in a positive trim because I don’t have a limiter on my tabs, so that may help some as I lower them slightly. I understand if you see a wake, drive into it in a 90* and you’ll typically sail right over. My question is more around those waves that happen to be coming from both directions. Sometimes for me, even at 60-65, it’s hard to see a wave coming in until you’re about to hit it. Sometimes it really feels like the boat is riding multiple waves and you don’t have the same feel and control as your normally would. These don’t even have to be big waves necessarily just hit at the right time.

looking for some advice on how others handle these waves or is it just part of boating and roll through them?

Thanks,
Todd