| Bob,
Very good questions. I'll do my best.
First, there is a good article on chine walk at www.kencook.com Now for the real deal.
You don't drive "out" of a walk.
You drive to prevent the walk from starting, because once it has, it's too
late, the beast has won. Simple reason for it happening, you have a force (prop torque) trying to
sling everything to the right. You have a balance point (boats pad) that
you want to stay on. The boat wants to go straight, the prop wants to do
something different. So you are attempting to balance a 1,800 lb weight on
a edge. While your fat cousin is pushing you off. Balancing load, proper prop and motor height will all affect how quick it
happens, but by no means will it totally prevent it from happening. I can show you much easier than I can describe what you should do. If you
are experiencing this on your boat and just can't get the hang of it, find
someone who has experience to show you on the lake. In short, you balance your boat by a continuous left turn, with small right
adjustments. Easiest way to get the feel is to go out and find a nice open
part of the lake, get the beast on plane and start to go. As you increase
speed and come up with the trim, hold the boat in a sweeping left turn, this
should prevent the boat from starting it's walk rythm. Slow increases and bumping the trim back down if it starts to get out of
hand and then back will go a long way to giving you the confidence of
handling your boat. After a while, you'll get to the point where you actually can't make the
boat do it, because you've trained yourself to keep it from happening. Bottom line, take control, don't let it control you. |
