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Just curious how many of you have heard or experienced a tunnel vee hull (ie-El Pescador, Explorer, etc.) doing a 180 degree end-swap on a turn...wondering if this is common or not.
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Where do you want to meet, and I'll show you....Too Tall said:What are some of the indications that its about to happen? I have an Explorer but have never experienced it.
If its anything like a slide I took while riding on a FlatsCat I think I'll pass. Talk about a helpless feeling. No control over the boat and the bank coming up quick. Never actually swapped ends but we went into a turn and all the boat did was slide sideways.jabx1962 said:Where do you want to meet, and I'll show you....
never happened to me in my Shoalwater. Although, I've also never been in a tunnel V that did 60mph!FLAT FISHY said:both of em . you have to pay attention and remember you don't need to go 60 even though you can
I agree it is controllable. First time I did it was the first time I ever ran my Shoalwater. Noone ever told me they would do that. I had been fishing a 21' Dargel Skout prior to the Shoalwater and an 18' Shoalwater flatbottom prior to that so I was use to a boat sliding when you turned. Well, I go out happy as could be with my new toy and puttered around a good while in the ICW. I take off down the ICW and make a few starts and stops, a few turns, just playing and learning my new boat. After I was feeling comfortable with it I was running along and made a hard turn into a cut leading into the bay and it was sliding like I was use to then I felt the bow bite and in like .5 seconds I was facing the other way, knocked to me knees on the deck and scared totally shatless. The boat didn't come with a kill switch either so had I fallen out it would have been real bad.Makoman1 said:. But in all cases its boater error. You need to know how to operate the boat correctly. I have a 24' El Pescadore and I know how to do it and how to prevent it from happening..