Advice for Following seas - Sea ray sundancer 260

[airshot]

You definitely have a motor/prop issue or a severely waterlogged hull. My neighbor has the same boat/motor and is capable of 32 mph when trimmed correctly and while a 6' wave is not fun it handles them without issue. I would for sure get your running issues corrected before venturing out in the big water again.

 

[areoseek]

You definitely have a motor/prop issue or a severely waterlogged hull. My neighbor has the same boat/motor and is capable of 32 mph when trimmed correctly and while a 6' wave is not fun it handles them without issue. I would for sure get your running issues corrected before venturing out in the big water again.

I believe the p/o put the cheapest prop he could find on there just to sell it because he had told me that he spun it right before he pulled it out of the marina. It's probably extremely under-propped, explaining why I can rev it so high. I will get the numbers off the prop when I get it from the mechanic in a few weeks. she's in getting the bellows and ujoints changed out, and a new shift cable.

 

[Watermann]

Harrowing story, I know how following seas can be in a way smaller boat and can't imagine the feeling when you lost control of a 26'r. I was always taught to as stated before to ride the waves at a pace where you have control and aren't fighting them.

Last summer I got into some following seas from a sudden wind storm 40 - 50 mph that even made a couple water spouts. The storm blew with the length of the lake which is only a mile wide but it quickly pushed everyone off the lake. It was the admirals first following seas adventure and we had a few miles to go to get into the dock. It was funny along the way to see idiots in bow rider boats and jerk skis trying to go full speed into the waves, the likes of which I'm sure they've never seen before.