How do you get it up?

[coliholic]

.....on the plane that is. Why what did you think I meant?

Spurred on by Burgundy Ben asking damn stupid questions, I thought I'd ask one that's been bothering me for a while, but I've been a bit too embarrased to ask. Sort of thing "everyone knows" isn't it?

So, how do you get your boat on the plane? Do you open the throttles wide and just wait for it to spool up and get going, then ease the throttles back once it's at the speed you want, or do you sort of gently inch the throttles forward a bit at a time till you get to the speed you want?

I've always done the latter in my limited amount of fast boating, snce most of my boating's done on the river it's a bit academic there, but recently talking to a motor boater with loads of sea time, he was quite insistent that you just open the throttles wide all in one go. Don't seem right to me, but......

So, c'mon then, how do YOU get it up?

 

[rich]

open wide, than sit back.....and enjoy,,,,,

rich ) Why pay, when you can do it yourself?

 

[Chris771]

Grab a big handful first

I always grab a big handful first to get it up as quickly as possible, then gently fondle it back once I've got it up, usually stays up then.

Then I just pull back at the last moment and it goes down again, if you pull back too quickly you get in a real mess because it comes all over you from behind and you are all wet and needing a towel to make yourself presentable again.

The big handful approach also helps when towing a raggie before anyone asks, they don't seem to respond to the gentle fondling approach.

Hope this helps.


Chris

www.impact-computers.net/boat/cruiser.htm

 

[longjohnsilver]

Use the right fuel additive.............

No I'm not talking about solly or fortron, what YOU need is crushed viagra!

 

[Medskipper]

just give it some stick and adjust trim tabs and orf you jolly well go!!!!!!


barry

I just want to retire with my boat to the Med!

 

[Guest]

Depends on the boat/engine configuration. A small boat with big petrol engine(s) will just pop up on the plane when given a handful, but that doesn't necessarily work with a big boat running big diesels. The larger MANs or MTUs take an eternity to wind up, so you have to ease the boat up on the plane with progressive use of the throttles. So go with whatever feels right for your boat,

 

[stamfordian]

Open thotlle gradually until ,she pops up, thottle back before you hit somthing as nearly vertical.Trim with engine power for comfort of ride!/how much your,e getting wet then shut down quick do full power turn creep back the way you came and recover your hat ,fishing rod ,etc ect!!

 

[Guest]

Quite right. Our old petrol powered boats just involved nailing the loud stick. Present twin diesel needs full trim in, gently winding on the throttles, otherwise clouds of black smoke. As she gets to around 3000rpm, drop the tabs to push the back end up, nail the throttles and as the turbos spin up and she gets over the hump, throttle back and raise the tabs. Took a while to figure out the best approach.

 

[BarryH]

It does it automatically. It never hits the "hump". Just goes from chug chug to vroom vroom!

Had a Fletcher once tho. that was a bitch of a thing to get over the hump, had to give it full throttle, then be quick in pulling pack before it went off like a missle.

Wha'dya mean "I'm always playing with this engine" its the only way to get it to run!

 

[Geoffs]

You're right, my 19ft Fletcher has a very pronounced 'hump'.

You can nail the throttle, when it leaps out the water and is gone. I prefer a gentler route, trim in, push revs to about 2,800, when she gently climbs onto plane, trim out slighlty +ve, revs have climbed to 3,200 by now, ease back to 3,000rpm for relaxed 21/22 knot cruise.

Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'

 

[Canboria]

In my offshore water ski racing days the only way to get the boat on the plane while pulling a ski racer on a 200 foot plus line and on a long board racing ski was to lower the engine on its lift right down, trim tabs up and hit the foot throttle, would go from a standing start to around 70 mph plus in a few seconds, while all this was happening the engine lift would be raised along with trimming out the engine and playing around with the water blast controls, kept you quite busy until you hit the first turn, then the skier would wave up for more speed, now that really got it going.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Unless your engines are electronically controlled, I think its best to gradually ease the throttles open until she planes otherwise all your doing is overfuelling the engines and creating a lot of black smoke which does'nt do your engines any good or your back when you have to clean all that gunge off the transom

 

[hlb]

Depends. If in small Harbour like Megavesey. First spend loads of time taking fenders up whilst spinning the boat round in circles. This gets the attention of all the tourists. Then at harbour enterance just give it full welly for a few hundred yards. Then stop and go down stairs to figger out what direction your supposed to be going in. Dont stop to soon though cos you feel a propper wally!!

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[coliholic]

Thanks to all who replied, so looks like it's a case of "suck it and see" then?

Mixed bag, some say whack the throttles open, some say dolly them along.

Hmmm. Think I'll stick with how I've been doing it, but then again.....