The bigger the boat the bigger the wake.. It's all relative. Here is a bass boat hitting a wake. I would call this ugly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEET...ext=1&index=22
Jump to 1 minute 20 seconds. You could tell what was going to happen..
Thread: Best way to cross cruiser wakes
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08-19-2010 03:18 PM
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SOS NINJA dancing on the boundaries of hell.
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08-20-2010 12:22 AM
I have had one of these come out of the blue on me. Wife was not amused
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5PsF7y1JdkSOS NINJA dancing on the boundaries of hell.
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08-20-2010 07:44 AM
He did not hit it square. He did not keep the bow level side to side. He did not trim in or add tab. That boat was large enough it could have marched right across it. Instead he tried to catch air and did. Everything wrong IMO
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08-20-2010 01:18 PM
I was going to make a negative remark after watching the YouTube video of the bass boat guy trying to jump the wake in a (mostly) flat bottom boat to the effect of "Der, flat bottom, skips like a rock. A V- bottom would sail right across." then I watched the vid on the lake of the v-bottom hitting and rolling. Shut my mouth with a quickness!! I agree with the post about things happening way too quickly. Kill switches and good flotation vests may not look cool, but they are there for a reason. Be safe.
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08-20-2010 01:38 PM
Back to the original question I don't see many big cruiser wakes where I boat. But, when crossing larger wakes I tighten the boat up to where everything is close to neutral(slight positive trim, slight negative tab) this keeps the boat nice and level if you get air instead of skying the nose. But every boat is different as to what is the best trim and tab position.
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08-20-2010 02:30 PM
Get an old flat bottom Cig or Apache and plow right through them. you will hardly even notice them.
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08-20-2010 04:31 PM
Get in some bigger water where the wind blown waves are "big". Unless you want to plow for miles at 20-30 then you'll learn to do this (photographer only lets you link to his photos, not cut-n-paste them)
BTW: This was us last weekend in a poker run:
http://photos.powerboatphotos.com/p2...EA188#hf3ea188
http://photos.powerboatphotos.com/p3...D9EFF#h8fd9eff
http://photos.powerboatphotos.com/p3...B894#h198bb894
but here's a 42 Fountain that didn't clear them well:
http://photos.powerboatphotos.com/p5...6894#h318e6894
another that did:
http://photos.powerboatphotos.com/p5...FEF4#h29e6fef4
BTW: A fish boat site I frequent has a bunch of guys claiming these are 2 ft waves........guess I don't know how to measure them cause they seemed alot bigger than that to me!
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08-20-2010 05:25 PM
1's and 2's will bring an occasional 3. Looks like fast water to me.
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08-20-2010 09:26 PMit all in the balance not to much trim, speed ,tabs an you can do safelyyou just got to learn what work best for your boat ps tanker surfing is fun