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May 31, 2019 at 9:14 pm #674874

tonyaskins
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what Prop is everyone running on their Caracal? I have a 3 blade fury 25 and it walks a lot. Thanks

June 1, 2019 at 2:05 am #674879

Cajunhunter67
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Many use the 25 Fury. It may need some JP adjustment, otherwise the boat will walk. Takes seat time to learn to drive the chine. At top end speed you should have slight left steering torque. Remember, Bass cats don’t require a lot of trim, so bump it slowly till it is on pad and accelerating. Over trimming will also induce the chine at earlier speeds.

Bass Cats are performance hulls and will walk. My Pantera II starts walking at 65-66mph. By learning to drive the Chine, I can get it over 72 mph.

Here’s a link on chine walking.

Chine Walk – Learning to control it… My Experience

June 2, 2019 at 7:17 am #674899

Bass Cat Boats
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Chine walk is not about the propeller in most cases. The link on how to control it will help greatly to learn what is happening. A Caracal is not a hard one to drive and seat time will help you learn. Plus don’t overtrim the hull and let things happen at your pace as you develop. The trim button manages most all aspects of the performance, not the throttle.

As for propeller, which engine and year model of boat? It sounds like a Pro XS Optimax and that would put us on a 24 Fury for most applications for hole shot.

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