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08-04-2006, 10:33 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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i don't really have a slow issue. but i bump the motor in and out of gear to stay at about 1.5mph, sometimes i get too slow.
i would keep a short leash on a 5 gallon bucket though, ive read some horror stories.
do you have trim tabs?
http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/t...tmode=1#M72616
Last edited by MrHunters; 08-04-2006 at 10:39 AM..
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08-04-2006, 10:47 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,621
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trim tabs are on the winter project list
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08-04-2006, 10:49 AM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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try tilting the motor up to slow the push.
no need to put holes in the bucket,
I agree that they do add another obstacle.
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08-04-2006, 12:06 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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get a drift anchor and drag it about five feet back. slows it right down and clears the props fine on the turns.
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08-05-2006, 07:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
get a drift anchor and drag it about five feet back. slows it right down and clears the props fine on the turns.
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This is what I use too.........but I tie it off my bow cheat and run it along side about 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the boat. That way there is no way it will get in the prop. If you tow it off the stern there will definitately be a time during the day/night when you forget about it. Then someone is swimming to get it clear of the prop. |
Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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08-05-2006, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 372
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Originally Posted by beamie
This is what I use too.........but I tie it off my bow cheat and run it along side about 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the boat. That way there is no way it will get in the prop. If you tow it off the stern there will definitately be a time during the day/night when you forget about it. Then someone is swimming to get it clear of the prop.
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Maybe I am misreading, but wouldn't that bucket bang against the side of the boat like that? I get scuff marks on my hull just from the fenders rubbing my fiberglass at the dock. |
bluefish Jihadist
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08-05-2006, 10:05 AM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Originally Posted by slapshot
Maybe I am misreading, but wouldn't that bucket bang against the side of the boat like that? I get scuff marks on my hull just from the fenders rubbing my fiberglass at the dock.
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not a bucket, a drift sock-sea anchor. whatever you want to call it there soft .. |
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