Wave hopping

Abbeysdad · 08-09-10, 03:32 PM

My boat is a 17' Glastron Sx170 SF. It has Glastron's SSV (Super Stable 'V' Hull design).
I'm out on the water on Sunday and it's a bit windy creating waves. I see other boats of similar size on the water up on plane and moving through this water smoothly at a fair clip, but at anything other than a rather slow speed, I seemed to slap and/or jump these waves rather than cut through them. I tried different speeds and trim settings, but anything near plane produced the slapping wave jumping (whether I was wind at my back or into it).

Is my boat just that much lighter than these other boats I saw as to produce this wave hopping, or did I just not find some trim/speed combo to be on or near plane and push through the waves.

08-09-10, 03:32 PM	#1
Abbeysdad BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central NY - Finger Lakes Posts: 1,307	Wave hopping My boat is a 17' Glastron Sx170 SF. It has Glastron's SSV (Super Stable 'V' Hull design). I'm out on the water on Sunday and it's a bit windy creating waves. I see other boats of similar size on the water up on plane and moving through this water smoothly at a fair clip, but at anything other than a rather slow speed, I seemed to slap and/or jump these waves rather than cut through them. I tried different speeds and trim settings, but anything near plane produced the slapping wave jumping (whether I was wind at my back or into it). Is my boat just that much lighter than these other boats I saw as to produce this wave hopping, or did I just not find some trim/speed combo to be on or near plane and push through the waves. __________________ Fish now, work later Last edited by Abbeysdad; 08-10-10 at 08:17 AM.

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