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Phil Tyson posted 05-18-2004 04:43 PM ET (US)
In reading another thread http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002632.html a comment was made that a twin rooster tail is indicative of the engine being mounted too low.
Have a 1987 Montauk, 90 hp Yamaha, mounted all the way down.
Here are photos of my wake. Is this a twin rooster tail?
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philtyson2002/album?.dir=/56ba&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/philtyson2002
Thanks

Tom W Clark posted 05-18-2004 05:33 PM ET (US)
Phil,
No, those are not what people have been talking about.
It's when you have spray shooting up from the cavitation plate itself as it plows through the surface of the water that you need to raise your motor.
John O posted 05-18-2004 09:41 PM ET (US)
Phil--You are just rubbing it in. Nice to see the photos of Casco Bay. I hope to be in late this week or early next. Did that fuel tank work out for you?
John
jimh posted 05-18-2004 11:10 PM ET (US)
OK--If we're having a picture-of-my-wake type of exchange here, I want to enter this one:
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/images/lhgBCwakeTwins.jpg
This is a shot off the stern of LHG's OUTRAGE 18 with twin engines, loafing along while you can see me about a half mile astern.
The notes from my trip log for this date say:
08/23/2003 Lund (FUEL) via Thulin Passage and Desolation Sound to Prideaux Haven (LUNCH); thence via Homfray Channel and Waddington Channel to Pryce Channel (STOP); and thence via Raza Passage Calm Channel, Yuculta Rapids, and Gilliard Passage to Mermaid Bay, Dent Island (Dent Island Lodge).
This shot must be leaving Pryce Channel via Raza Passage. All in British Columbia coastal water.
How's that for a wake and some scenery?
Bigshot posted 05-19-2004 11:43 AM ET (US)
Phil if all the way down I would raise 2 bolt holes. You want the cav plate about 1" above keel.
Marlin posted 05-19-2004 01:42 PM ET (US)
Jim, that's absolutely gorgeous. I hope I'll soon be reading the full story with profuse pictures on the sail logs page! You've been slackin' off, getting in all this pointless boating while letting your stories get 2 years out of date. Shame on you! ;-)
-Bob

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Author	Topic: Montauk Rooster Tails - Raise Engine?
Phil Tyson	posted 05-18-2004 04:43 PM ET (US) In reading another thread http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002632.html a comment was made that a twin rooster tail is indicative of the engine being mounted too low. Have a 1987 Montauk, 90 hp Yamaha, mounted all the way down. Here are photos of my wake. Is this a twin rooster tail? http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philtyson2002/album?.dir=/56ba&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/philtyson2002 Thanks
Tom W Clark	posted 05-18-2004 05:33 PM ET (US) Phil, No, those are not what people have been talking about. It's when you have spray shooting up from the cavitation plate itself as it plows through the surface of the water that you need to raise your motor.
John O	posted 05-18-2004 09:41 PM ET (US) Phil--You are just rubbing it in. Nice to see the photos of Casco Bay. I hope to be in late this week or early next. Did that fuel tank work out for you? John
jimh	posted 05-18-2004 11:10 PM ET (US) OK--If we're having a picture-of-my-wake type of exchange here, I want to enter this one: http://continuouswave.com/whaler/images/lhgBCwakeTwins.jpg This is a shot off the stern of LHG's OUTRAGE 18 with twin engines, loafing along while you can see me about a half mile astern. The notes from my trip log for this date say: 08/23/2003 Lund (FUEL) via Thulin Passage and Desolation Sound to Prideaux Haven (LUNCH); thence via Homfray Channel and Waddington Channel to Pryce Channel (STOP); and thence via Raza Passage Calm Channel, Yuculta Rapids, and Gilliard Passage to Mermaid Bay, Dent Island (Dent Island Lodge). This shot must be leaving Pryce Channel via Raza Passage. All in British Columbia coastal water. How's that for a wake and some scenery?
Bigshot	posted 05-19-2004 11:43 AM ET (US) Phil if all the way down I would raise 2 bolt holes. You want the cav plate about 1" above keel.
Marlin	posted 05-19-2004 01:42 PM ET (US) Jim, that's absolutely gorgeous. I hope I'll soon be reading the full story with profuse pictures on the sail logs page! You've been slackin' off, getting in all this pointless boating while letting your stories get 2 years out of date. Shame on you! ;-) -Bob