On Jun 10, 11:03*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:32:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I don't blame you. Friend has one, and we were fishing under docks for
spotted bass, there were three of us. All three on the same side of
the boat leaning towards docks and that thing stayed damn near flat in
the water. For a true bass boat that thing rides well, and is solid.
They thought of everything for the fisherman too.

It's a well thought out boat no doubt about it. *Godfrey Marine took a
page out of their book when they started the Polar line - a lot of the
Bass Cat ideas were used in their glass lines of smaller boats.

That Sabre I had was a great boat - probably as stable as any of the
Rangers I owned over the years and quick as all get out which is
something that I appreciate a lot - love the speed.

The one thing I didn't like about the Sabre is that it had a tendency
to chine walk if you were running WOT and trimmed out for max speed.
You can certainly do the same thing in a Ranger or you name it bass
boat (Gamblers are famous for that also), but the difference was in
how much hull was in the water - with Rangers (or others) you have
about six/seven inches of hull touching the surface at the extreme
speeds - with the Sabre, it was MAYBE three inches. That's a lot of
hull to be flying. *:)

Oddly, it didn't happen when you had two people in the boat - only
when there was one. *Interesting difference.

But over all, they make a terrific boat and they stand behind them
100%.

Worst chine walk I ever seen in a boat was an Alumacraft bass boat. 17
foot boat, 135 Merc 2 smoke. A little lake chop and get that thing
wound tight, trimmed right and it would happen suddenly, and scare the
hell out of you!