following seas

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:58 pm

chauzer, you asked about adding weight in the stern for improved following seas handling. After I stopped using my two saddle fuel tanks and only use the rear stock fuel tanks the handling improved tremendously especially in following seas. I don't notice any difference in head seas or following seas as long as my rear tanks are full. When the rear tanks get towards empty I do notice a slight difference but not using the saddle tanks made all the difference in the world. In my boat, yes weight distribution does make a big difference.

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:22 pm

thars what i figured. my 30 doesn't have the rear tank just the two saddle tanks but they make this thing for wakeboard boats called a fat sack. you can pump something like 400 pounds of water into it. so i thought that if i got one or two of them and put'em in the back, it would make the boat sit lower in the rear hence better following sea performance. the only thing that concerns me is disrupting rough sea performance. i don't want to get caught in 10 footers that are capping and find out i have made a huge (and costly) mistake! thanks for the info!

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:30 pm

Weight in the rear makes quite a bit of difference in following sea. If you have a lot of people on board, best to get them back (and down off the bridge), as well as raising the trim tabs all the way. The F32 can be a handful in following 4-5's with a cross current and wind!