Cavitation plate broke by hydrofoils ??

[cloumar]

I read few times that some boaters don't like hydrofoils (DoelFin - Stingray and others) because they claim that it could brake or damage the cavitation plate. I would like to hear experience of people that had broken plate because of foils - what happenned and in what condition it did - was it because of wrong installation or else - might help some other folks.<br /><br />Smoky <br />

 

[cloumar]

Re: Cavitation plate broke by hydrofoils ??

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[steelespike]

Re: Cavitation plate broke by hydrofoils ??

I think damage happens when you hit something.<br /> Properly installed I dont think there is a <br />problem. My mother had one on her 50 Evinrude<br /> for 8 or 10 years.She used to get stuck (and I mean STUCK) in the mud and rocks at the slip in<br />the fall.Never had any problems.Its My opinion<br />that probably 50% of the time you hit something you would break something any.<br /> Maybe if you use brass bolts they would break before the plate.??

 

[cloumar]

Re: Cavitation plate broke by hydrofoils ??

Spike,<br /><br />I guess you are right whenever you hit something there will be damages, about the brass bolts I don't know if they are strong enough and what happen with warranty of the product after you don't use the proper fasteners ?<br /><br />Smoky