Crossing Paths with another boat...

LetsRock

LetsRock

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Dec 16, 2009
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Long Island
Boat Info
1990 Sea Ray 220DA
Engines
Mercruiser 5.7 liter, 265HP, Garmin 541s
Where I boat (Moriches, Long Island) there are many narrow areas leading from bay to bay or from bay to inlet. Not having the biggest boat, when I pass a boat coming from the other direction while up on plane I tend to get rocked a round from the wake. Like I said its very narrow in a lot of spots so its not always practical to try and take it on a 45 degree angle. Does anyone with boats similar to my size or who once had a boat my size have any words of wisdom. Do I just continue at the same spead and take it on the side and enjoy the ride? The wife and daughter tend to freak out when that happens.
 
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Sorry, I just realized I posted this in the wrong forum. Feel free to move it to general discussion if needed.
 
Your Admiral and daughter's reaction is the key part. I think that you will just have to slow down for the bigger wakes. Always remember, it's supposed to be fun.
 
wastinaweigh said:
Your Admiral and daughter's reaction is the key part. I think that you will just have to slow down for the bigger wakes. Always remember, it's supposed to be fun.
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But in terms of safety is it safer to slow to a crawl? Sometimes it feels more stable when you power through?
 
For me, I back down, then give it enough gas to have my bow up slightly, and push through. Since our boats are about the same size, give that a try and see how it works.
 
How narrow are these passages? I'm trying to get my head around passing in a narrow passage while on plane.
 
Tonka Boater said:
How narrow are these passages? I'm trying to get my head around passing in a narrow passage while on plane.
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LOL...when I say narrow I mean there are shallow spots in relatively short distance to either side of the markers. I didnt mean for it to sound like I am up on plane between two sea walls that are 20 feet apart or anything like that.
 
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Georgia SeaDawg said:
For me, I back down, then give it enough gas to have my bow up slightly, and push through. Since our boats are about the same size, give that a try and see how it works.
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Right. Ball park, around 2000RPM's with the drive trimmed up a bit so the bow stays high. Once through, trim down and advance the throttle back onto plane.
 
I didn't mean slow down to idle - just to come off plane to a nice plowing speed. On the Weekender, I would pull it back to 2000-2500 RPM's, so that the bow was up, until I was through the wake.
 
wastinaweigh said:
I didn't mean slow down to idle - just to come off plane to a nice plowing speed. On the Weekender, I would pull it back to 2000-2500 RPM's, so that the bow was up, until I was through the wake.
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Gotcha...there is a lot of traffic so its a real pain to have to adjust every few minutes but that goes with the turf. Thanks for the input.
 
Come further West where it's less crowded, Ron!

:smt024
 
Or come way out west where we often don't see other boats for awhile. These were taken this week on the Columbia. The first one is looking upstream, the second downstream.

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