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re: Bass Boat blow out at 102 MPH
Posted on 4/17/19 at 11:35 am to AlxTgr
Posted on 4/17/19 at 11:35 am to AlxTgr
Pad V's your running on the edge all the time and having to drive it to get max speed at WOT, jerking on the wheel to keep it up on the pad, my last one we hit a small boat wake I didn't even notice and it fell off the pad and almost ended up like the guys in the video. I now run a full tunnel air entrapment hull and all that chine walking is gone, running 85+ feels nor drives any different than running 40 or 50 except for the wind in your face.
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Posted on 4/17/19 at 11:38 am to TxWadingFool
quote:What boats have these?
I now run a full tunnel air entrapment hull
Googling, I found this scary pad pic
Posted on 4/17/19 at 12:02 pm to TxWadingFool
I like to keep it cool and at 26.
Last time I went 65 as a passenger in a bass boat I told him to SHUT IT DOWN or I was gonna jerk the wheel and end it all.
Bastard kept going.
If I ever got on board a man's boat and he handed me a glorified motorcycle helmet he bought at cabelas with a full face shield as standard operating equipment, I'm handing it back and going bank fishing with the poors down by the culverts.
Last time I went 65 as a passenger in a bass boat I told him to SHUT IT DOWN or I was gonna jerk the wheel and end it all.
Bastard kept going.
If I ever got on board a man's boat and he handed me a glorified motorcycle helmet he bought at cabelas with a full face shield as standard operating equipment, I'm handing it back and going bank fishing with the poors down by the culverts.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 12:58 pm to AlxTgr
quote:And flat
Gets warm fast-fast
Hell, going 40 mph a beer turns gross in about 6 minutes
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:02 pm to tigerfoot
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You ever tried to drink a boat beer at 102?
On I-10 yes. Never on the water
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:13 pm to lsupride87
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Hell, going 40 mph a beer turns gross in about 6 minutes
Drink faster.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:21 pm to Bigbee Hills
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Bass Boat blow out at 102 MPH by Bigbee Hills
I like to keep it cool and at 26.
If I ever got on board a man's boat and he handed me a glorified motorcycle helmet he bought at cabelas with a full face shield as standard operating equipment, I'm handing it back and going bank fishing with the poors down by the culverts
Need more people like you on the water.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:27 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:Well I do. Years of experience taught me 6 minutes is the expiration going 40 mph
Drink faster.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:31 pm to lsupride87
I got a yeti coozie for the boat 
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:32 pm to lsupride87
Fastest I've ever gone is about 60 mph, so how fast does a boat going 80+ slow down once you reduce throttle? Is that bad for the boat? I mean most boats slow down almost instantly once throttle is reduced. Could the guys in the video not have reduced the throttle greatly and saved that pretty easily?
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:40 pm to TxWadingFool
I got pretty comfortable running my 17' at 63 mph
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:58 pm to lsupride87
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:17 pm to baldona
You don’t chop the throttle when running that high up the pad, guaranteed to bow hook and do what you just saw. Trimming down to get out of chine is move one
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:18 pm to geauxfish24
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Video should remind you and everyone else why you don’t go 102mph in a damn bass boat
just not sure why someone would want to...?
65mph is about my max...45 if there is ANY chop.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:24 pm to TxWadingFool
What are you running that is doing 72mph at 5k rpms?
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:48 pm to Bigbee Hills
quote:Sucks hard as a passenger in a single console.
Last time I went 65 as a passenger in a bass boat
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:50 pm to Clyde Tipton
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I'll be idling into a cove and he'll say, "Go up a little farther and jump in front of these guys." or "That guy behind us just caught one, lets pull closer and see what he's throwing."
This is what's wrong with most of the DA's out there these days ruining it for everybody....nobody ever taught them the rights/wrongs of bass fishing.
To the OP, I say as long as you can run your boat safely I don't care what mph you get it up to, as long as you aren't a threat to others.
That said I will soon be ordering a BassCat Eyra that should run between 77-80 when I get it broke in/set up correctly. But as long as it has been for me behind the wheel of a fast boat it will be some time before I get comfortable again at those kind of speeds.
Then again I usd to fish tourneys in an 87 mph Allison back when NOBODY was running 70.
Good times
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:16 pm to baldona
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You don’t chop the throttle when running that high up the pad, guaranteed to bow hook and do what you just saw. Trimming down to get out of chine is move one
This
First sign of trouble trim down...chopping the throttle is what gets most people....hard not to do as it's the natural instinctive thing your brain tells you to do...but it's a no-no at those speeds
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