Renegade_Master
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Hi Guys, I was at sea in our little Wellcraft 215 coastal recently and made the follwing observations. It has a single 200hp outboard by the way. On board were four fellows one particularly big. Two were seated on aft seat me at the helm and one on the seat next to the helm. Fuel 50%
My problem was trying to keep her on the plane. Leg down we get to about 4-4500 revs before she drops onto the plan, and proceeds at about 22 knts. 5000 plus revs produced 28knts.
Problem is when you go into a turn at say 20-22 knts she bogs down and can come off the plan with much cavitation. Also when it got a bit lively at 22kts about 4000revs, I tried to bring her back to about 3500 hopefully to get about 18-19knts, but she comes off the plan.
Now clearly she is aft heavy. So maybe three options, put some ballast on the bow, or trim tabs or get rid of the fat bugger /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif What does the team think. Clive
My problem was trying to keep her on the plane. Leg down we get to about 4-4500 revs before she drops onto the plan, and proceeds at about 22 knts. 5000 plus revs produced 28knts.
Problem is when you go into a turn at say 20-22 knts she bogs down and can come off the plan with much cavitation. Also when it got a bit lively at 22kts about 4000revs, I tried to bring her back to about 3500 hopefully to get about 18-19knts, but she comes off the plan.
Now clearly she is aft heavy. So maybe three options, put some ballast on the bow, or trim tabs or get rid of the fat bugger /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif What does the team think. Clive