Eating waves.

[katobass]

My doubt is the following one:
I have one nitro 882 with jack plate bought recently. My problem is that during the beginning of the march the holes of water escape are submerged with the position of the motor loss, the optimal one to glide quickly. Perhaps if beginning the march with the motor upper does not submerge to the holes of water escape but the boat it does not glide quickly.
I am new with jack plate and not that to do.
Another thing:
After sailing and before stopping I am lowering the trim and reducing the speed to stop the boat but I swallow some wave of my motor alrady.
Not if I do it well. I need your advice.

[Railroader]

I have a 04 882 and i have the same problem with the backwash, no matter how you slow down youre still going to get water in. sometimes what i do when i slow down right before i stop i turn to  the right or left and then get out of the throttle.?

[nlareau]

Another thing:
After sailing and before stopping I am lowering the trim and reducing the speed to stop the boat but I swallow some wave of my motor alrady.
Not if I do it well. I need your advice.

Almost all bassboats do this. Slow down gradually until the boat "sits" or comes off-plane.  Just before the wake (backwash) hits the back of the boat, hit the throttle a little bit.  That minimizes it.

Another trick others have used is to buy a cheap basketball and let the air out of it.  Wedge it into the open space in the jackplate and then pump it back up and leave it there.  It will help the help the back of the boat float higher when you are going slowly.

[Bane]

I have a 01 882 and just hit the throttle a couple times like mentioned and it takes care of it. Or just sit it down super slow an easy.

[katobass]

Another trick others have used is to buy a cheap basketball and let the air out of it.  Wedge it into the open space in the jackplate and then pump it back up and leave it there.  It will help the help the back of the boat float higher when you are going slowly.

Slight advice! Thanks to all. Somebody can help with my problem when initiating the march? I don't find th trim angle correct for running in the beginning. If I trim down for planning early the relief hole on the boat are being submeged. How should I correct it?

[nlareau]

What do you mean by 'the relief hole'?

[katobass]

What do you mean by 'the relief hole'?

The refrigeration water is going out from the lower unit by this holes, making water spurts.

[Ron Fogelson]

Katobass, were just having a hard time understanding what your talking about.

When you say "initiating the march" do you mean when you first start out trying to get the boat on plane?

And when your talking about the "The refrigeration water" do you mean the water that the motor takes in to cool itself?

Because if that is what your talking about when you said this "If I trim down for planning early the relief hole on the boat are being submeged."   That is the pee hole that shows you have water flow through the motor, and when you 1st hit the gas on the boat to get on plane the back end will sink down in the water and sometimes cover up the pee hole until you gain enough speed to gain lift raising the boat until you are on pad.

From what I can tell, 1st thing to do is not ease into the gas, but put the boat in gear and when ready give it full throttle until the boat starts to gain speed and gets up on pad. Once you feel the boat rise, you can start to trim the motor up to help your top speed and handling.

Hope I understood your question right.

Fogy

[nlareau]

Kato, it is not at all unusual for the exhaust water (relief hole) on my motor to be submerged when trimmed down. That is OK.  When you start, trim down all the way, accelerate hard, and trim up while you are accelerating.

What you have described starting and stopping in pretty normal.

[katobass]

That is the pee hole that shows you have water flow through the motor, and when you 1st hit the gas on the boat to get on plane the back end will sink down in the water and sometimes cover up the pee hole until you gain enough speed to gain lift raising the boat until you are on pad.
Fogy

Ok Fogy, pee hole, I had read somewhere it was not advisable to flood pee hole, can really damage the motor?

[nlareau]

For the short time it is in the water during acceleration, I think you are OK. Mine does it all the time.  If it is below water when you are stopped for a long period of time (10 minutes), I'd trim it up just so you don't get water in the cowling.