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Dancing jet boat wakes
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It looks like the starboard side pump was having slight cavitation the jet thrust had a slightly different look under the faster speeds . That time lapse could be a good way to check for issues like missing sealant in the ride plate that causes cavitation . Was this your boat ? Did you happen to suck up any lake growth that could have been blown out ? Almost every time I pull my boat out of have some type of sea grass or mill foil hanging off the grates most of it gets churned up and spit out. Nice perspective what was used to film that ?
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Oh man, really? Shouldn't I hear or feel cavitation? Everything felt normal. I'll check my grates next time I'm out.
Yeah, my boat. It was a GoPro on time lapse mode. 1s interval. GoPro was attached to one of the slimmer tubes of the bimini. Right before the sun roof if I recall correctly (242lse)
Yeah, my boat. It was a GoPro on time lapse mode. 1s interval. GoPro was attached to one of the slimmer tubes of the bimini. Right before the sun roof if I recall correctly (242lse)
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When the cavitation is slight you will not notice and probably would have no ill effect and yours looked slight . It would be noticable when loading the boat with ballast and people and trying to get to wake surfing speed. One trip out I picked up a 3/4'' by 3'' branch that wedged in behind the impeller I could feel the cavitation pulled the cleanout plugs and felt for sea grass but it was clean the pee holes were flowing fine and the overheat light popped on so the boat was pulled out and that's when i could see the branch wedged in there. In that case the cavatation was very noticeable and the aerated water did not allow the water to cool the motor correctly . That was on my 2005 AR230 these new motors could have different sensors and placement
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Keep in mind that one side loads easier than the other side because the engines are NOT counter rotating, years past they used 2 different pitched impellers to deal with the different sides, I understand they stopped doing that and now use the same pitch on both so there will be a slight difference in the thrust, also a reverse gate just making slight contact with the water exiting the pump can also effect the jet wash exiting the nozzle.
