help w/ chine walk!

[KoreanBassmaster]

Hey guys, I had a question on chine walk.  My buddy has a 01 triton tr-21 w/ 225hp otimax w/jackplate. And has a 27p prop. When on calm water with 1/2 tank gas,  gear for 2, 2 people, and full live wells, it will start to walk around 60mph.  So my question is,  to fix it is it just a matter of adjusting the jack plate to proper height? Or is there other ways to fix the problem? I kno weight distribution has some to do with it, but for the most part the boat is overall balanced! 
Thanks, kb

[FUZZYDP]

I'd start with engine height adjustment. Minimal increases or decreases can yield dramatic results. It shouldn't walk @ that low speed.

[fish bone]

a four blade will fix that

[merc1997]

engine height is much more critical than using a 3 blade opposed to a 4 blade prop.  normally if chine walking is begining at such a low speed, the motor height is to low.  it really is amazing at how a very small change can make a huge difference.  i would suggest going up a quarter inch at a time.  you also need to keep an eye on water pressure.  once you start losing water pressure you need to go back down to where it picks maximum back up.

[classic242]

Hey guys, I had a question on chine walk.  My buddy has a 01 triton tr-21 w/ 225hp otimax w/jackplate. And has a 27p prop. When on calm water with 1/2 tank gas,  gear for 2, 2 people, and full live wells, it will start to walk around 60mph.  So my question is,  to fix it is it just a matter of adjusting the jack plate to proper height? Or is there other ways to fix the problem? I kno weight distribution has some to do with it, but for the most part the boat is overall balanced! 
Thanks, kb

You could post this on the Triton Boats Forum and probably get some very knowlegable guys to help with this but, merc1997 has some very good information to think about. I know a lot of Tr-21 here where I live an most of the guys who own them say that their boats chine walk but not until about 68 MPH to 70 MPH. Something to keep in mind, any high performance boat will chine walk if it is set up to run and there is a learning curve that the owner has to learn. Sure some boats chine walk more than others but with the correct set up and a lot of seat time most owners learn to stop the chine walk before it starts, once the owners learn the priciples of balance with their rigs they can achieve good performance out of their rigs. I know one guy who can only get his rig up to about 70 MPH and his brother can get that same rig up to 76 MPH. Just saying !!

[merc1997]

very well put classic242.  high speed driving requires some experience.  i can not say too much about other brands, but with basscats, they all seem to have that exact spot where they drive like a car going down the road at wot.  just a word of advice to koreanbassmater on high speed driving.  you need to learn to drive way ahead of the boat.  this means to start turns way before you get there, and to watch how boat wakes are coming to set the boat up before you are in them.  the best advice i can give is to work your way up on speed.  speed is fine, but i see it gets lots of inexperienced drivers in lots of trouble all the time.

bo

[Flyswatter]

Here is my experience with Chine Walk....

Seat time is the best way to overcome a scary experience with the bow uncontrollably swaying at speeds close to WOT.  Yep, that's Chine Walk and it's  normal on high performance bass boat.  Also,  it's not a negative but a reality of going fast.  You are riding high on the bottom pad  and the prop spinning rotation causes your boat to fall off pad causing the rear driver side of the boat to deflect or bounce off the water causing the bow to sway side to side.  To over come this you have to anticipate the swaying by keeping pressure or little jerks to the left on the steering wheel to counter the props rotation to prevent your boat from falling off the pad.  The only way you are going to get the hang of this is with seat time by trial and error.  Be patient you eventually will figure this out.

Hope this makes sense.