Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin

I've found everything on line from people who really love them, to
people who think they're dangerous and should be outlawed, so it made
me wonder what you all thought. I guess I'll leave mine on and try it.
Then try without.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Todd Dixon<todddixon@...> wrote:
> I run one on my '67 Reveler. Really haven't noticed that big of a difference
> in steering, Definitely makes it plane out better, and completely eliminated
> porpoising. Personally I have ran them on all my boats.
>
> Todd
>
> ________________________________
> From: jd <jdood@...>
> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:56:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin
>
> I just put a SE300 hydrofoil on my Deluxe. Harder steering, seems to feel
> like it's dragging, planes a tad better. not sure about fuel. gonna keep
> it on and try and get used to it. i think others on here have the same
> one and like it.
>
>
> On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Justin DeSantis wrote:
>
>> Lets talk about hydrofoils. My boat has one, but I haven't run it yet.
>> And I never tried one on my previous boats. Some guys swear by them.
>> Some guys swear they are the devil. I googled it and found all sorts
>> of discussion on the subject. But I wanted to talk about it here since
>> the old Johnson hulls are so unique, I figure just because a guy with
>> a deep V hates them doesn't mean they're terrible on a sea-foil. The
>> guy I bought my boat from says that it makes it steer much harder, but
>> get on plane quicker. To me, that would mean better fuel consumption
>> at the expense of handling. But what other pros and cons might I
>> notice?
>>
>> Justin
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