Water over the stern

[Home Cookin']

Re: Water over the stern

what Freddy said. I t's a lot about gettig to know your boat.

And don't use reverse for a brake as a general practice, and never when the boat is moving faster than a bare idle. Emergencies excepted, of course.

 

[sasto]

Re: Water over the stern

What I've been doing for years is as you come off plane and cut the throttle turn your head backward and watch the wave as it gets close I usally give the throttle a quick flip foward then shutdown... it will launch the boat forward a little and avoid the crest of the wave... (Don't gun it.. just a quick little burst of throttle enough to propel the boat maybe 2 - 4 feet... and that should be enough to disperse the wave enough where it wont come over the stern.. I along with most of my friends and family have been doing this for as long as I've owned boats and it works perfectly... (It will take a couple of times to get used to how much throttle but you'll pick it up quick!)

Freddy does it the way I do it...whether a bass boat or a 65 foot sportfish. I ride my own surge.

 

[Old & In the way]

Re: Water over the stern

And it is really noticable when you are crossing the bar comming home and chop the throttle...

 

[eclark53520]

Re: Water over the stern

And it is really noticable when you are crossing the bar comming home and chop the throttle...

 

[Huron Angler]

Re: Water over the stern

And it is really noticable when you are crossing the bar comming home and chop the throttle...

I'm pretty sure this is a reference to passing over a sand bar with a shallow grade like a beach...that forms breakers just like a shoreline and intensifies the size of the wave trying to overtake the splashwell.

 

[ajgraz]

Re: Water over the stern

I don't mind water getting into that area at all. I believe thats why its there, is to catch any water that happens to come over the stern and keep it off the deck. Covering that area would cause all the water to end up on the deck.

I'm pretty sure the poster you replied to was talking about putting up a "wall" at the front edge of the splashwell, kinda like a bastardized version of one of those wave wacker thingies, as crudely illustrated here (the light blue thing):

You could make that from plexiglass, heck even from some water resistant fabric and some snaps.

 

[eclark53520]

Re: Water over the stern

I'm pretty sure the poster you replied to was talking about putting up a "wall" at the front edge of the splashwell, kinda like a bastardized version of one of those wave wacker thingies, as crudely illustrated here (the light blue thing):

You could make that from plexiglass, heck even from some water resistant fabric and some snaps.

Oh, yeah, that would make more sense. Thanks for the illustration!

 

[Old & In the way]

Re: Water over the stern

Sorry.

Here is an example of a bar on the Oregon coast:

http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/salmon/docs/siuslaw.pdf?ga=t

not a place to cut your throttle..

 

[Old & In the way]

Re: Water over the stern

Crossing the Bar reference:

http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/salmon/docs/siuslaw.pdf?ga=t

Sorry to be vague.

 

[PGFISHER]

Re: Water over the stern

As you chop the throttle, the water wants to fill the hole that used to be your wake. The water doesn't just fill the hole and stop; it keeps going and creates a peak. It's this peak that is washing over your stern. Cut the throttle slowly and the water will fill your wake less violently, reducing the surge.

 

[sasto]

Re: Water over the stern

As you chop the throttle, the water wants to fill the hole that used to be your wake. The water doesn't just fill the hole and stop; it keeps going and creates a peak. It's this peak that is washing over your stern. Cut the throttle slowly and the water will fill your wake less violently, reducing the surge.

Yup.....I can take water on a much larger offshore vessel if I don't keep the stern out of the hole the boat causes by it's own surge. You are actually pulling your boat thru the water, not pushing...I'm with you, PGFISHER....Beware of a following sea in any craft..... I think once you learn your boat you will be able to handle her just fine.

 

[mommicked]

Re: Water over the stern

Ive tried turning sharply as my boat slows and drops while alternating throttle, just before the wave hits the stern/boat stops.it seems to make the splash go across the transom left/right instead of straight in and a little less height to the surge.used for emergency stops,otherwise slowly reducing as posted before works well.

 

[shrew]

Re: Water over the stern

I remember back when i took the Boaters safety course, there was even a section that discussed NOT abruptly chopping the throttle specifically to prevent swamping issues such as what sounds like the OP is describing.

I do pretty much what Sasto describes. I drop down off of plane (probably faster than I should), then take a look at the following wave, if its' not catching up I drop RPM's some more. If it is catching up (it usually is), then I bump the throttle up some. Wait until the boat settles in, then drop down to headway speed. The key is to never let the following wave actually catch up to you. Do it twice and you won't think about it again. Plus the following wave can push you around a bit.