Hey Pat... How about a post that describes chine walk and how to handle it
for the FAQ? My Skeeter didn't go fast enough to worry about it, and my
tunnel hull will not chine walk at all for obvious design reasons, but am
familiar with the concept, and my did's old Hydro Sport would start to chine
walk at about 65 mph. With two people in the boat it would run out to 70
before you had to start walking it to keep it upright.

Maybe touch on load balance to minimize walk. Look at options like trim
tabs and describe why they will or won't work or how they are a pain because
they catch on stuff when backing out of a bunch of weeds or tulies while
fishing. A mention of good hydraulic steering to help with steering force
and response time if you use the wheel walk method to hold it centered.
That method by the way always made me wonder if there was a better way to
drive through chine walk.

I was always curious about the Skeeter extended hull design at the transom
and wondered if it made a difference in chine walk like it helps with hole
shot and level running at lower speeds.



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"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
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Like Warren Said...
That boat is a true handful, and you better make sure you have at least
two
full hours of chine walk instruction.

Seriously.

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Lordy Doc, be careful. That's a whole lotta boat for your first "real"
bassboat...

That said, the E-Tec rocks...

Warren

"Doc (The Tin Boat King)" wrote in message
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I'm in the planning stages of what to get for my new boat. The dealer
seems to push the new E-Tec Evinrude. Anyone no of any real
world experience or is this just to new? A 250 on a Triton TR21XD.
Bill P.