Spinning a 212X

[buckbuck]

Thought you guys would like to see a 212X at full throttle and cranking the wheel over.

 

[jawsf16]

Nice! You can also drop the inside motor to full reverse as you crank the wheel and it will tighten down your turn circle even more.

 

[buckbuck]

What?!! I never heard of that one @jawsf16.
Hmmm...I wonder if I could treat my reverse buckets in such a manner?

 

[Bill D]

@buckbuck just slams both throttles into reverse.

 

[jawsf16]

What?!! I never heard of that one @jawsf16.
Hmmm...I wonder if I could treat my reverse buckets in such a manner?

Oh you will like it! It digs in the nose on the inside of the turn! Seriously, I am floored that you (the king of subs) don't have this move in your bag of tricks.

I don't think its any more stress on the gates than a sub move.

 

[Bruce]

I do not use reverse but I do throttle down the inside engine as I turn the wheel.

 

[RiverRat]

Nice! You can also drop the inside motor to full reverse as you crank the wheel and it will tighten down your turn circle even more.

A friend of mine would do that in his 14 foot Sea-Doo Speedster all the time. The bow would sub, while the stern would break loose and spin. It was awesome!


Side note, When do I get to come play with you and Neil outside of Shelbyville and the Peoria run Jim?

 

[PEARCE]

I throttle back the inside motor at the same time I increase the outside motor. Doing that in my 23 footer will really plant the bow as the stern swings around. The 180 is as tight as the boat is long. Just make sure the passengers on the inside of the turn are holding on good. I don't know who's having more fun doing it, me or the kids.

 

[DCB-270]

If you ever see an Exciter beg borrow or steal a ride. With my wife doing a spin and me with two hands on the grab handle I would still end up on the floor.

 

[Speedling]

I would like to see a keel equipped boat try.

 

[swatski]

I would like to see a keel equipped boat try.

A keeled new boat would likely end up sitting strait up on those rocks...
Probably not. But the new keeled boats are DIFFERENT. There is not slip-sliding away.

I'm about to put the Cobra fins on mine -- for ON PLANE steering enhancement. No kidding.
I still love the ride, don't get me wrong, but it is basically like a traditional boat, with jet propulsion.

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[txav8r]

The 240's without a keel don't spin or sub move like the earlier boats. I tried for 30 minutes to just get the boat to start a sub move and it won't. But it will stop on a dime. When it does stop, the bow wants to wander off to one side, port I think. My man @farrelltravis was giving me pointers when we were on Lake Murray for a gathering in 2015, the 240 just doesn't behave like the 230.

 

[haknslash]

I would like to see a keel equipped boat try.

I wished I had someone outside the boat filming it though as it looks far more impressive. I've found that if I do a little countersteer just before yanking the wheel opposite the boat will come around faster, or at least it feels that way. The rudder/keel boats will take longer to come around as they don't slide out as easy as the older boats do or ones without Cobra fins.

 

[Mainah]

I had a 14' 96 twin engine speedster and that thing would do a 720 by going full thottle, dropping the throttles quickly, whipping the wheel, and then full throttle again. That method kicks out the rear end hard. Of course doing 60 mph in a 14 ft flat bottom boat and chaning the propulsion direction will do that. Good thing I always wore the lanyard in that boat because I literally threw myself out of it once doing that.

Use to do the same thing with my 18' 97 twin engine challenger 1800 and it was good for at least a 360. It rolled real hard with the pitch one time so much so that the side dipped below the lake level for a split second. That scared the heck out of me but all turned out well.

Being able to pull those moves and garage-ability is all I miss about those smaller boats. Well that and the top end speed of the speedster.

Someone out there willing to try that method on a twin engine 19 or 21 foot yamaha and report back? Thottles and gate control were seperate on the seadoos so perhaps not the full effect but I would be interested to know how well it works compared to the other methods.

 

[Wayloncle]

YouTube never disappoints me with the next video in line

 

[swatski]

I got the same. LMAO.

 

[Speedling]

View attachment 46944 YouTube never disappoints me with the next video in line

That wasn't mine but i am gonna go search that out cuz i am in tears laughing from the picture!

 

[4x15mph]

@buckbuck , love the video. Thank you

 

[dan144k]

Will it spin better with more ballast??

 

[buckbuck]

I notice it spins better with someone in the bow.
I want to thank all of you who are bad influences in my life. I will try that 'reverse the inside motor trick'.