Cutting the throttle quickly IS how to keep backwash from happening on most boats. Don't rely heavily on a boat advertisement make it look like they have a special hull that prevents it. You don't need tabs to stop it either. It' an OLD technique used for years and years by boaters...my uncle taught me that one back in the 1960s and I'm sure it was around long before that.Originally posted by Bassin' Fever:<br /> On the new Skeeter site, they show a boat going flat out and the pull the kill switch, little if any water comes over the back on this new boat.<br /><br />
Well, Bill, I know we have had our differences in the past, and Im not going to say this just to start a rift. "BUT"!<br /><br />I you want to wash the people sitting in the back of your boat out of your boat
and check your bilge pump, you just do as you said.<br /> And just how many times and different boats have you actually tried this on? I speak from experience...100s of times on dozens of boats with transom hung engines...for decades. There are exceptions but most boats get less water over the transom this way. May be hard to believe but is true.Originally posted by Bassin' Fever:<br />Well, Bill, I know we have had our differences in the past, and Im not going to say this just to start a rift. "BUT"!<br /><br />I you want to wash the people sitting in the back of your boat out of your boat
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Well, I have never seen a boat the wouldnt backwash to some extent if you just chop the throttle and I have been around a few boats or two. Even the bosses 21 foot Leavy Craft with the 454 I/O just about washed his best freinds off the back seat the first time he took it out, they were not impressed as they were not dressed for it.
<br /><br />Im sure that there may be some boats that dont, but I think that the majority of boats will backwash if you just chop the throttle. Every one that I have ever had did.Probably because he eased the throttle back to the point of creating a huge wake and then chopped the throttle. That's why people have to "bump" the throttle to keep water out. Either way a stern heavy 454 IO isn't a valid comparison with the majority of ob boats...not even in the same ballpark. <br /><br />Otherwise, there is nothing to debate. Everyone should try it to see what their boat does and make their own mind up.Originally posted by Bassin' Fever:<br />HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Well, I have never seen a boat the wouldnt backwash to some extent if you just chop the throttle and I have been around a few boats or two. Even the bosses 21 foot Leavy Craft with the 454 I/O just about washed his best freinds off the back seat the first time he took it out, they were not impressed as they were not dressed for it.
