schodackbassman wrote:Congrats FC, thats a impressive win and more impressive run. I have the same hull 35 year anniversary Classic with 200 Opti. Ive run big waves but it wasnt fun, wasnt easy, and wasnt dry! If you dont mind sharing, how did you work through the rough stuff. Im sure Im not the only one that could use some help with that. I know the 20 foot boats do fine but our 19s require a little more skill to negotiate the big stuff. When I have had to do it, its been riding up and down the waves at 20-30mph at most. But I cant imagine doing that for a 60 mile round trip. Thanks in advance.BrianBrian…Patience…No seriously its not that easy. I have 18 years (since 1997) seat time in a P 2 in waters ranging from Santee Cooper to Okeechobee to the Potomac, so Ive been in some rough water (Im hoping to move to a Cougar FTD next year), so seat time has been important for me.One of the things I do is try to trim it up some and use the V in the hull to cut through the waves a little bit ….Its not really skipping across the top but its not really plowing through them either. Honestly Im probably better at showing it than telling it, but the key is to find a sweet spot and try to stay there. Though you are bound to take a hard hit sooner or later as no two waves are the same. I try to use the hull design to my advantage and cut across the top of the waves—keeping in mind that you will catch one just spaced out enough to rattle a filling or two. If you find yourself “digging” (and/or getting wet) you probably need to pull the nose up some.I stayed bone try about 3.5 trim or so, and it was rough, dont get me wrong, but it was dry. It was a 45 minute run in the morning running into the wind…the wind laid down so the run back was not nearly as rough, though still choppy, and it took me 21 minutes
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