On Jul 26, 9:00*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"J i m" wrote in ...



Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
A friend on mine just bought a used Stratos 20' bass boat with a 250
Yamaha Vmax. *He called this afternoon and asked me to take a ride
with him because he couldn't get his boat to plane right.

We met up at Webster Lake and took it for a ride after checking
everything over - everything seemed to be working, nothing out of
sorts with the hull.

Got on the water and it's the oddest thing - no matter what trim
position, the boat would porpise (pitch) at speed. Vary the speed and
you'd get a yawing action - trim made no difference. *No roll to speak
of.

All the bolts are tight, properly torgued, the prop is symmetrical,
the skeg on the outboard is straight, keel is straight - no obvious
repairs.

Any ideas? *I'll admit it - I'm stumped.

Try putting 100 pounds of weight at the bow and see if that helps.

I had a Robalo that handled like that. *No matter how I trimmed it, it
porpised and chine walked in turns. *I mentioned it to a guy at work who
took it and adjusted the mounting height of the engine on the transom. *All
the porposing and other squirrely handling symptoms disappeared.

Eisboch

Not an expert in such, but I was going to say . I think the guy needs
a jack plate.