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Jetboaters Lieutenant
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- 200
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- Location
- Englewood, TN 37329
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2014
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
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Everything has gone well except (wife) nearly letting the boat hit the dock while I was parking the truck. I can't believe all of the compliments I've gotten as well as curiosity about the boat. One guy at the dock ask if it had a sleeping quarters. LOLWe are sitting in the middle of the lake sunning ourselves.
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No fins yet, crosswind blowing about 10-15mph. I my blood pressure and heart rate went up...felt like taking off and landing a 747. Thought I never would get it back on the trailer. Must have taken 7 or 8 runs at it. And that was with the new Veve trailer guides that I installed this morning. I NEED FINS BADLY!looks like a great time, just go ahead and hit the dock now that way you get it over with and you'll be less tense about it,
Did you notice the throttle lever detent between neutral and forward and neutral and reverse? This is the "TDE" or Thrust Directional Enhancer position. My wife will usually click on the no wake +1 mode and click between TDE forward and Neutral if she needs a little more thrust than idle while putting it back on the trailer. But she uses the shift lever to "burst" the thrust if that makes any sense. (TDE Forward, then Neutral, repeat as needed).No fins yet, crosswind blowing about 10-15mph. I my blood pressure and heart rate went up...felt like taking off and landing a 747. Thought I never would get it back on the trailer. Must have taken 7 or 8 runs at it. And that was with the new Veve trailer guides that I installed this morning. I NEED FINS BADLY!
I knew that I was oversteering and couldn't seem to help / prevent myself from doing it. The wind was coming from my 8 to 7 o'clock and I was between two concrete docks so I had to get a "feel" for the wind drift (is that a term) and sort of fly by the seat of my pants. I finally aimed the center of the bow at the left fender, got the speed just right and kind drifted right in place. I was very lucky in that there were several rigs parked at the ramp but there wasn't a soul there to witness that debacle!Try not to oversteer. 9 out of 10 times it's not the wind or current but over steering because you don't see the bow move right away like you do in an I/O. You'll get the feel for it and be driving like a pro! Always try to point the bow into the wind or current, even slightly will help.
On the way.No fins yet, crosswind blowing about 10-15mph. I my blood pressure and heart rate went up...felt like taking off and landing a 747. Thought I never would get it back on the trailer. Must have taken 7 or 8 runs at it. And that was with the new Veve trailer guides that I installed this morning. I NEED FINS BADLY!