Hate that my name and profile will be associated with this post but NEED HELP!!!
First a quick disclosure... I picked up my first boat (ever) which was a 23'SE back in Nov 2015. Had some time to get comfortable with it and learning my way inside/outside of the boat.
I am having issues of crossing a passing boat and its wake. Not going WOT by any means and doing "all the right" things of approach at an angle of 30-45 degrees of cutting the wake with the bow. Slowing down if needed based on the size of the wake and such. Regardless of anything I do, the damn thing POUNDS!!! The hull slaps down on the wake that it pounds and for the life of me need some help.
Yes, I know it's a mod-vee boat with 14 degrees in the transom BUT when I am in other shallow hull boats (not skiffs), they don't seem to POUND as much as my Parker. What I am doing wrong?!?! Not only is it embarrassing but clearly dangerous of those in the boat. HELP!!! Thanks a bunch in advance!!!!
First a quick disclosure... I picked up my first boat (ever) which was a 23'SE back in Nov 2015. Had some time to get comfortable with it and learning my way inside/outside of the boat.
I am having issues of crossing a passing boat and its wake. Not going WOT by any means and doing "all the right" things of approach at an angle of 30-45 degrees of cutting the wake with the bow. Slowing down if needed based on the size of the wake and such. Regardless of anything I do, the damn thing POUNDS!!! The hull slaps down on the wake that it pounds and for the life of me need some help.
Yes, I know it's a mod-vee boat with 14 degrees in the transom BUT when I am in other shallow hull boats (not skiffs), they don't seem to POUND as much as my Parker. What I am doing wrong?!?! Not only is it embarrassing but clearly dangerous of those in the boat. HELP!!! Thanks a bunch in advance!!!!