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Originally Posted by FITCHIE23
Hi all, new memeber here looking for a bit of advice. Can anyone shed any light onto why a boat would suddenly start generating excessive wake at higher speeds?
I have had an F-rib 360 / Suzuki df20 short shaft outboard combo for about 3 years now and it has always run perfectly. Nice smooth wake behind the boat with either just myself or with a passenger. I have fixed my transducer for my fish finder direct to the transom from day dot and have always been able to read bottom at any speed. I noticed over the past couple of trips that it wasn't reading bottom past 15mph and that is when I realised that I was geeting a huge amout of white water behind the boat. This manifests predominently as two white jets that spray out either side of the outboard shaft if that makes sense. Before the boat seemed to cut through the water and now it almost seems like the back end is dragging with the amount of water that shoots out the back. Trim tabs etc. on the engine all appear fine, really odd.
My outboard is trimmed up to the second setting and this has not changed. I have infact not changed anything really since it was running correctly so I am a bit stumped. Last time on the water I tried redistributing the weight in the boat but this had no effect at all. All weight in the back and all in the front was the same outcome. Any help getting to the bottom of this is appreciated.
Cheers
Anthony
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My guess would be something has come loose and is trailing in the water, I had the bottom of a side rubbing strake come loose & it did funny things with the water flowing over it. It's maybe a tape that has detached & is forming a pocket & filling with water causing a balloon effect. Or possibly one of the joints not fully aligning somehow. I'd check all around the underside for any loose fittings or seam tapes
