10 Degree Vee's

[Sparkey]

Who out there owns a 10 degree shallow water vee sled such as whats avaliable in the Super Vee Pro by Alumaweld or Willie's Predator??

Do these boats have alot of more trouble in skinny water when compared to the 6-8 degree vee sleds??

Anyone out there run a Predator? How does this boat run really skinny water?

Thanks!!

[ 08-02-2001: Message edited by: Sparkey ]

[SLEDDER]

My North River Ranger 10 deg. v hull has run in fairly shallow water. Supposedly the draft is 4" when on plane. Can't verify that I couldn't whip out the tape measure as I was going up the ripples. images/icons/grin.gif

[rags]

I own a SuperVee and it has no problems in shallow water. It also does great in bigger chop and gives you a smoother ride. In shallow water of course you just need to get her up on plane and don't slow down!

[Hookset]

If you want a very very shallow running boat, better be a flat bottom. My last boat was flat and on accident (in the dark hunting ducks) I made a wrong change in course and almost hit a very large tree. Turns out the tree was 40 feet off the channel in what looked like 2 inches of water, maybe 4, all I could see was gravel, never touched bottom.

Present boat is 12 degree and I'm told will travel in 10 inches. The shallowest so far is 1.1 inches off the fish finder and that looked shallow enough for this "never wanna be stuck on a gravel bar fisherman".

I did pull a North River inboard jet off a gravel bar on the Willamette a couple years ago. Everyone had to jump out and from the water depth in relation to their ankles, must have been 8 inches deep, maybe 6.

There has to be some scary shallow water sled running stories out there.

Gregg

[FishinMission]

My outboard pump hangs about 2 inches below the bottom of my boat. I think my scariest experience came soon after I bought the boat. I launched at Chinook Landing on the Columbia, and decided to cross the river right there where you come out of the ramp. I was zooming across the river having a good time and noticed ahead of me about 50' was a bird standing on a sand bar with half of it's legs exposed. I would guess it to be about 2-3 inches of water, since this bird wasn't a heron, or any type of bird with long legs. Regardless...I laid it "to the wood"....and managed to not drag the bottom. Whew!! My sled's a flatbottom tho. I would have to think that you're gonna draft the depth of your "vee"...whatever that may be.

[Tilla]

Just measured my pump at less than 1 1/2" below the bottom with 6 degree bottom in the back and a 84" wide hull. The width plays into the formula too, more area to disperse the weight the higher you float. Haven't hit bottom yet, but I am pretty conservative.(OK I'm a *****) images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[Hookset]

Boater, I assume your directing your comment towards me and the remark about 4 inches. When I traveled back downriver later, all I could see was rocks near the log, didn't stop to measure the depth. Maybe the depth was greater, then again, maybe it was only 3 inches. images/icons/tongue.gif The last boat was light, fast and flat bottom. Now my current 22' boat with 200hp outboard jet extends down 3 inches, just checked, just for you. And I know for a fact this boat has traveled in a foot of water. images/icons/grin.gif

Then of course I hear stories of incredible jet boat drivers who can feather a throttle to keep just a cushion of water under the boat in what otherwise looks to shallow to run. Of course I haven't seen this personaly, just a story about a Snake river trip.

Ok, so how shallow will a jet boat run?

Gregg

[TH]

I have the 22 1/2 open predator, but w/ a 115 hp tiller 4-stroke prop.. it handles the oceans and large bays wonderfully.. very soft ride... lots of room and plenty of free board for the ocean...
53 mph, and a very soft ride..

I owuld think if you run a lot of "skinny" water that you may want the 8 degree

[urb]

TH I'm considering getting one of those 115 4 strokers How has it worked for you so far? Can you troll down to 1.7 knots with out any sea socks? Will it push your boat with 4 people and gear? How much does you boat weight? How wide is the bottom? You say it goes over 50. What size wheel do you swing?

[boater]

i`d have to say that since the pump on an outboard probly hangs down 3 1/2 inch`s below the bottom of the hull i dont see how anyone could run in water less than that. just my 2 useless cents worth.

[ 08-03-2001: Message edited by: boater ]

[TH]

hey urb..
I have a new 22 1/2 foot open predator..
It has the 8.5' beam and is very large.
I also bought a 9.9 4-stroke bigfoot, so I dont troll w/ the 115.
It really pushes the boat along... 4 people and all of the gear plus a boat load of fish and we still go 35+ pmh easy...
It goes better than my firends boat (same boat) w/ a 225 Merc pump.

I really like the quite sound and no mixing of gas..
I bought mine through Dave Wilson at Stevens Marine.. he was outstanding to work with.