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 Re: Rough water: boat or length matter more?
[Re: BThomas]
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05/26/17 06:07 PM
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Happykamper
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I like Swindle, that big 21 TRX boat makes it a lot easier to run in the rough stuff.
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Re: Rough water: boat or length matter more?
[Re: Fast Lane]
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05/26/17 06:10 PM
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tsspencer2887
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Rough Water, you want a heavy boat. The heavier the smoother the ride. In lighter performance hulls fill both livewells up and fill the gas tank. Our Allison XB2003 weighs roughly half of most bass boats and we've been known to outrun 21 footers with 20 mph winds blowing on Cedar Creek. Driver, hull, length
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Re: Rough water: boat or length matter more?
[Re: joebass2]
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05/26/17 06:35 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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When you're forced to run across 3 footers, their ain't a bass boat made that rides good.
Come on man, I can run 4 footers, just have to stay on top,  LOL, waiting to hear from Steez. He says he has to slow down to 50mph in 4 footers. Idle only.
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Re: Rough water: boat or length matter more?
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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05/27/17 12:38 AM
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TxBassSniper
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Kinda depends on the wave frequency and well. When the waves are close together, it's driver, hull, length. When they're further apart I wanna be in a longer boat the span the gap between the waves so I would say driver, length, hull. That combination won't necessarly keep you dry but you're less likely to spear a wave, which probably accounts for most non-collision sinkings.
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Re: Rough water: boat or length matter more?
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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05/27/17 12:43 AM
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ChuChu1
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I go with motor. You need enough power to pick the front end up to keep from spearing waves. It takes a good throttle operator.
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