Hi all - I have a Merc. 75 OB, and recently installed a Hydrofoil (black whale tail thingy). It puts me up on plane reallllly quick now! However, when I hi about 25-27 MPH the boat takes a hard, and I mean sudden, no warning, steering wheel not bucking ro anything, HARD left, placing the gunwale below the water line. I'm pretty sure I need to adjust the tabs on the hydrofoil, but I'm not sure which direction. Currently, they are on the 1st hole, which I think is 10 degrees. It looks like this from the bottom (the slashes are the tabs):
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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Hi all - I have a Merc. 75 OB, and recently installed a Hydrofoil (black whale tail thingy). It puts me up on plane reallllly quick now! However, when I hi about 25-27 MPH the boat takes a hard, and I mean sudden, no warning, steering wheel not bucking ro anything, HARD left, placing the gunwale below the water line. I'm pretty sure I need to adjust the tabs on the hydrofoil, but I'm not sure which direction. Currently, they are on the 1st hole, which I think is 10 degrees. It looks like this from the bottom (the slashes are the tabs):
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Any ideas?
Thanks!
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