I know most Skaters spin in. I was spinning in and loved the way it carried the bow.When I re- rigged with the new 300xs I decided to spin out. The only reason I did was that someone once told me that it was safer in rough water to spin out rather than in. Is this true??

I turn mine in and have switched it back just to see if I liked it. I did notice the boat turn better at speed. However in a straight top speed run the boat became much more flighty. I bought my boat and they motors were spinning out, spinning in I was about 4-5 mph faster.

What were your experiences?

Depends on the boat and set up , generally speaking , spinning out is safer as the boat has a tendancy to self right if it lands on it's side . Spinning in is usually a little faster in the straight but a little more flighty.

Any more responses ?????

Try it in GD or the racers sections. We've been talking about this lately at a few of the race sites and from what Ive heard others say, its exactly whats been said here.

We're spinning IN Steve , Peter told us IN and add a 1" spacer we tried spinnin out boat felt like crap so we changed her back to IN and like a whole different boat .Did you ask Peter ???? He rattles this stuff off the top of his head and he's been BALLZ on for us good luck

Does this apply for "V" bottoms also? I'm fighting myself, in or out ?

On most non step v's in will give you bow lift. However, engine height and other applications can change that. Look up the response Tres Martin gave on this topic. All hulls respond differently. I do know that in on your boat will make docking more difficult. It will probably be slightly faster on the top end. I would talk to others with straight bottom boats to see what they think.

Steve it all depends on how big she is some you cant spin at all but most of the little ones you can spin we call those spinners hope this helps

On some of the little spinners you can even mount them backwards!