Reply With QuoteFour degrees up would be a good starting point.
How should the rideplate be on my boat. Should it be perfectly flat with the bottom of the boat or should it have some rocker in it. The way it is set up now from the previous owner it has some rocker to it, should I leave it that way or make it straight.
Four degrees up would be a good starting point.
A lot of people attach pieces of angle aluminum to take the rocker out.
Brian
A lot of people attach pieces of angle aluminum to take the rocker out.
Brian
As well as keeping it straight, while the boat is riding on the plate.
Sleek
Four degrees up would be a good starting point.
Starting point? So you are saying to make adjustments with the plate until I see what works best/
A lot of people attach pieces of angle aluminum to take the rocker out.
Brian
So do I want rocker or not. I can take it out. Just not sure what is best.
Starting point? So you are saying to make adjustments with the plate until I see what works best/
yes
So do I want rocker or not. I can take it out. Just not sure what is best.
Plate needs to be flat.
So do I want rocker or not. I can take it out. Just not sure what is best.
That plate is what the boat "leans on" under full throttle conditions when the nozzle is trimmed upward by either a diverter or shims (wedges). It needs to be a flat surface the hull can ride on when functioning as a "stop" to keep the bow from getting too high and setting up a porpose. If it porposes, go lower or get more HP. If it drags the hull wet, go higher.
How should the rideplate be on my boat. Should it be perfectly flat with the bottom of the boat or should it have some rocker in it. The way it is set up now from the previous owner it has some rocker to it, should I leave it that way or make it straight.
Another good question. Ya we all know about angle braces to keep the plate straight. Yet does anyone know if or why a straight or "flat" plate is best or have any data to support it? I really doubt it.
jer
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