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Post by luckymonkey on Oct 9, 2018 9:10:32 GMT -5
Hello all... Joined about a month ago but introducing myself for the first time now that I've taken ownership of my new (used) Sailfish. 2008 218CC w/Yamaha 150. I've been watching Sailfish boats fly off the market in Florida and was fortunate to find one in SE Texas. She's kept at Surfside Marina (Freeport,TX) and currently waiting on the winds to die down so I can take her a couple miles offshore. Lee Attachment Deleted
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Post by outtadblue on Oct 9, 2018 9:12:57 GMT -5
Welcome Lee!
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Post by Team Ruby on Oct 9, 2018 9:25:46 GMT -5
Congratulations on the new 218, I'm sure you're going to love the boat. With any luck hurricane Michael won't muddy the waters up too much giving you a chance to put some meat on the boat!
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Post by fishnfool on Oct 9, 2018 9:39:30 GMT -5
Welcome Lee and congrats on the purchase of your SF.
I once had the same boat and same year, that I bought in 2008. Sold it a couple years later for $3k less than I paid for it to the first buyer to come and see it. Great riding hull esp once you learn how to handle her.
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Post by footy3 on Oct 9, 2018 10:08:22 GMT -5
Welcome to the board and good luck with the boat.
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Post by ragtop409 on Oct 9, 2018 10:20:09 GMT -5
Welcome aboard and I see you got my favorite color hull!! Rag’s
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Post by Ol Mucky on Oct 9, 2018 10:32:34 GMT -5
Welaome
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Post by finatic on Oct 9, 2018 11:12:00 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, best luck with your new toy.
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Post by luckymonkey on Oct 9, 2018 12:29:24 GMT -5
We put (3) Sand Trout and an 18" Redfish on her this weekend at the mouth of the Brazos. Redfish went back to grow up. Windy as could be.
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Post by luckymonkey on Oct 9, 2018 12:31:51 GMT -5
Welcome Lee and congrats on the purchase of your SF. I once had the same boat and same year, that I bought in 2008. Sold it a couple years later for $3k less than I paid for it to the first buyer to come and see it. Great riding hull esp once you learn how to handle her. Any tips on handling her? I'm all ears.
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Post by fishnfool on Oct 9, 2018 12:54:35 GMT -5
Welcome Lee and congrats on the purchase of your SF. I once had the same boat and same year, that I bought in 2008. Sold it a couple years later for $3k less than I paid for it to the first buyer to come and see it. Great riding hull esp once you learn how to handle her. Any tips on handling her? I'm all ears.
Here are a few things I learned about running my boat, your mileage may vary...
Before you punch it to get on plane, make sure the engine is trimmed all of the way down, as you start to plane off, simultaneously start trimming the motor up, this will loosen the steering and help to counter the prop torque induced heal to port - 3 or 4 bars on the Yamaha gauge should do the trick. When on plane, fine tune the trim until your hull settles in nicely and your running at an economical cruise. If your boat starts to porpoise trim back down. Trim tabs will help to keep the running side to side attitude level, she will like to heal into the wind.
This hull like to run on top of the chop. My 218 can with a Solas 4 blade prop which I really liked a lot. It gave good bite, a good hole shot and helped to lift my stern out of the water while on plane. The hull likes to run flat to the water surface as opposed to bow proud/ass heavy and the 4 blade really helped on the F150.
Slow speed wondering can be mitigated by trimming the motor up a few notches.
She can be temperamental at times, but she won't let you down and when you get her dialed in she'll tell ya she likes to run fast and hard through the chop.
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Post by finatic on Oct 9, 2018 13:22:33 GMT -5
Nothing more to add, very well spoken.
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Post by fishingredcat on Oct 9, 2018 15:58:43 GMT -5
Hey there Lee, welcome to the forum. I'm running a 2660 out of POC.
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Post by ragtop409 on Oct 9, 2018 20:51:10 GMT -5
The other thing that I have found to help combat the slow speed wondering is 1 trim tab all the way down and the other all the way up. I guess it might give some side pressures along with the motor trimmed up. Rag’s
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Post by luckymonkey on Oct 11, 2018 9:30:55 GMT -5
Any tips on handling her? I'm all ears.
Here are a few things I learned about running my boat, your mileage may vary...
Before you punch it to get on plane, make sure the engine is trimmed all of the way down, as you start to plane off, simultaneously start trimming the motor up, this will loosen the steering and help to counter the prop torque induced heal to port - 3 or 4 bars on the Yamaha gauge should do the trick. When on plane, fine tune the trim until your hull settles in nicely and your running at an economical cruise. If your boat starts to porpoise trim back down. Trim tabs will help to keep the running side to side attitude level, she will like to heal into the wind.
This hull like to run on top of the chop. My 218 can with a Solas 4 blade prop which I really liked a lot. It gave good bite, a good hole shot and helped to lift my stern out of the water while on plane. The hull likes to run flat to the water surface as opposed to bow proud/ass heavy and the 4 blade really helped on the F150.
Slow speed wondering can be mitigated by trimming the motor up a few notches.
She can be temperamental at times, but she won't let you down and when you get her dialed in she'll tell ya she likes to run fast and hard through the chop.
Good stuff.....thanks. I've was playing with the trim tabs last weekend and felt a huge difference when she leveled out. I had four kids with me and I put them all up front and she got out of the water quick and rode great. Of course with all that weight and them moving around the trim tabs got a workout. I'm glad you mentioned the wandering because I thought it was just me. I'll try trimming up this weekend, as well as running her through the chop between the jetties.
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