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When coming off plane. Sea Pro 228 CC. When I come off plane my splashwell fills up...I mean all the way up. It drains back out when I come down to idle or when I get back up on plane, but every time I slow down it fills up. Suggestions?
Is it coming over the top or coming in through the drain? If its coming in through the drain, you can add a scupper valve on the ouside of the drain.
Oh its defintely coming over the top. I have scuppers to keep it from coming in through there. It seems like the motor is pushing the water up over the transom when I come off plane.
Maybe if the motor was way too low water would get pushed up in front of the lower cowl when coming off plane but I would check with some other owners of the same boat.
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Changing the motor position most likely won't make that big of a difference. It sounds like it's too heavy for the hull. One thing you can do, in addition to coming off plane slowly, is when you slow down, right before the water is about to rush in, give the throttle a little momentary bump. This can greatly reduce the size of your following wake.
How does your boat handle while running in a following sea? Are you leaving your tabs down (assuming you have trim tabs) while coming off plane?
Changing the motor position most likely won't make that big of a difference. It sounds like it's too heavy for the hull. One thing you can do, in addition to coming off plane slowly, is when you slow down, right before the water is about to rush in, give the throttle a little momentary bump. This can greatly reduce the size of your following wake.
How does your boat handle while running in a following sea? Are you leaving your tabs down (assuming you have trim tabs) while coming off plane?
I just got the boat this weekend and was out on a shakedown/break in cruise Sunday and realized this problem. I havent really had much time to experiment with it. I do have tabs and I'll give that a try next time along with your tip of bumping the throttle.
I wouldnt think the motor would be that heavy as these are rigged this way all the time.
That motor is obviously to heavy for the height of the transom.Now imagine being out in the ocean drift fishing in 2-3 foot waves with your stern to them.Now add two people and a full tank of gas.Plus any gear you would normally carry.Just because they rig them doesn't make it correct.If this boat is brand new I would take the dealer on it with you, and let him tell you how sea -worthy that is, I dare him.A 22 foot with a 225 verado, dont think it could be more clear?How does it sit at rest? Im betting bow up and stern right at the drains when full of fuel and 3 men. Ihave that exact boat sitting directly across my canal with a 150 yamaha 2 stroke direct injected 2006 on it.When fully tilted the skeg still sits in the water, can only imagine yours!!
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I think you need to take this issue up with your dealer and see what they can do about it. No one here can fix this problem
for you, and I agree it needs fixing since in a following sea you could have problems. I did see that this is a factory suggested
option/recommendation, so have the dealer and manufacturer straighten this out right away or get something else, maybe
the 225 Optimax.
You have a potentially dangerous condition with this boat/motor combination. Take it seriously! You need a smaller engine or another hull. Work with your dealer, but don't take "no" for an answer.
1NO REGRETS - 4/14/2008 4:51 PM
Ihave that exact boat sitting directly across my canal with a 150 yamaha 2 stroke direct injected 2006 on it.When fully tilted the skeg still sits in the water, can only imagine yours!!
Really? The 228 is a brand new model and comes factory rigged with Mercs only.
To the op, all the 228's I saw at the shows this winter had 4cyl V's, probably a good weight motor for that boat. But I do know a guy that got one with the 225 like you did. He just picked it up last week and I haven't had a chance to talk with him yet about how he likes it. My 220 has a 200 6 cyl V on it and its most definitely to heavy for the boat. Moving the batts forward I'm hoping will help it. Good luck figuring something out with it, I would have thought they would have designed it to better handle the weight. Other than the small fish boxes I thought Sea Pro did an exallant job designing that boat, maybe not.
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As suggested earlier. First thing to try is really make a gradually slow stop. Some boat I have used in the years have worst following wake conditions than others. If your boat seems like it is sitting at a normal stance in the water when not moving, with normal load of people and fuel, it will give you a starting point. As other have said the next step would be to see how it looks as you accelerate.
1NO REGRETS - 4/14/2008 4:51 PM
Ihave that exact boat sitting directly across my canal with a 150 yamaha 2 stroke direct injected 2006 on it.When fully tilted the skeg still sits in the water, can only imagine yours!!
Really? The 228 is a brand new model and comes factory rigged with Mercs only.
To the op, all the 228's I saw at the shows this winter had 4cyl V's, probably a good weight motor for that boat. But I do know a guy that got one with the 225 like you did. He just picked it up last week and I haven't had a chance to talk with him yet about how he likes it. My 220 has a 200 6 cyl V on it and its most definitely to heavy for the boat. Moving the batts forward I'm hoping will help it. Good luck figuring something out with it, I would have thought they would have designed it to better handle the weight. Other than the small fish boxes I thought Sea Pro did an exallant job designing that boat, maybe not.
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