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Are the after market Hydrofoil wings that are attached to Outboards
and I/Os any good? If they work as advertised, why don't the manufacturers install them? Are they worth the money and will they harm my boat or my engine?? I have a 23' Sea Ray with a 350 Mercruiser fuel injected engine. I want it to get up on a plane faster. Will Hydrofoils work? Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks |
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We used them extensively on five 20ft Zodiac's with 70hp Johnson OB in Malta
& Thailand and they were great. Most of the times the boats were overloaded but the fins helped get the boats on a plain and saved us all kinds of fuel. As to the manufactures putting them on there motors, why don't they do a lot of things they could do! You think they give a ****! Anyway, get some fins but don't use them as a step to get in the boat, they do break! T -- (((\"`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. (((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º "WaIIy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:22:23 -0500, JP wrote: Are the after market Hydrofoil wings that are attached to Outboards and I/Os any good? If they work as advertised, why don't the manufacturers install them? Are they worth the money and will they harm my boat or my engine?? I have a 23' Sea Ray with a 350 Mercruiser fuel injected engine. I want it to get up on a plane faster. Will Hydrofoils work? Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks I had a 1989 220 Sundancer and put both the Doel Fin and SE brand fins on. I liked the SE Sport 300 fin better ($39.95 at ....... http://www.cabelas.com/ I had a 4.3 and noticed a definite difference. The boat planed slightly faster, but the real advantage was the tendency of the foil to help keep the bow down a bit. |
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We used them extensively on five 20ft Zodiac's with 70hp Johnson OB in Malta
& Thailand and they were great. Most of the times the boats were overloaded but the fins helped get the boats on a plain and saved us all kinds of fuel. As to the manufactures putting them on there motors, why don't they do a lot of things they could do! You think they give a ****! Anyway, get some fins but don't use them as a step to get in the boat, they do break! T -- (((\"`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. (((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º "WaIIy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:22:23 -0500, JP wrote: Are the after market Hydrofoil wings that are attached to Outboards and I/Os any good? If they work as advertised, why don't the manufacturers install them? Are they worth the money and will they harm my boat or my engine?? I have a 23' Sea Ray with a 350 Mercruiser fuel injected engine. I want it to get up on a plane faster. Will Hydrofoils work? Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks I had a 1989 220 Sundancer and put both the Doel Fin and SE brand fins on. I liked the SE Sport 300 fin better ($39.95 at ....... http://www.cabelas.com/ I had a 4.3 and noticed a definite difference. The boat planed slightly faster, but the real advantage was the tendency of the foil to help keep the bow down a bit. |
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very cool ascci character artwork on the swimming fish!
"Zama" wrote in message ... We used them extensively on five 20ft Zodiac's with 70hp Johnson OB in Malta & Thailand and they were great. Most of the times the boats were overloaded but the fins helped get the boats on a plain and saved us all kinds of fuel. As to the manufactures putting them on there motors, why don't they do a lot of things they could do! You think they give a ****! Anyway, get some fins but don't use them as a step to get in the boat, they do break! T -- (((\"`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. (((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º "WaIIy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:22:23 -0500, JP wrote: Are the after market Hydrofoil wings that are attached to Outboards and I/Os any good? If they work as advertised, why don't the manufacturers install them? Are they worth the money and will they harm my boat or my engine?? I have a 23' Sea Ray with a 350 Mercruiser fuel injected engine. I want it to get up on a plane faster. Will Hydrofoils work? Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks I had a 1989 220 Sundancer and put both the Doel Fin and SE brand fins on. I liked the SE Sport 300 fin better ($39.95 at ....... http://www.cabelas.com/ I had a 4.3 and noticed a definite difference. The boat planed slightly faster, but the real advantage was the tendency of the foil to help keep the bow down a bit. |
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Thanks,
T -- (((\"`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. (((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º "tkranz" wrote in message news ![]() very cool ascci character artwork on the swimming fish! "Zama" wrote in message ... We used them extensively on five 20ft Zodiac's with 70hp Johnson OB in Malta & Thailand and they were great. Most of the times the boats were overloaded but the fins helped get the boats on a plain and saved us all kinds of fuel. As to the manufactures putting them on there motors, why don't they do a lot of things they could do! You think they give a ****! Anyway, get some fins but don't use them as a step to get in the boat, they do break! T -- (((\"`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. (((º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸(((º "WaIIy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 19:22:23 -0500, JP wrote: Are the after market Hydrofoil wings that are attached to Outboards and I/Os any good? If they work as advertised, why don't the manufacturers install them? Are they worth the money and will they harm my boat or my engine?? I have a 23' Sea Ray with a 350 Mercruiser fuel injected engine. I want it to get up on a plane faster. Will Hydrofoils work? Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks I had a 1989 220 Sundancer and put both the Doel Fin and SE brand fins on. I liked the SE Sport 300 fin better ($39.95 at ....... http://www.cabelas.com/ I had a 4.3 and noticed a definite difference. The boat planed slightly faster, but the real advantage was the tendency of the foil to help keep the bow down a bit. |
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