On the race course the boat must be able to handle the changing water conditions as the race progresses. The water is calm on the first lap but gets increasingly rougher thru the 5 laps. The T850 class boats can run 75 mph. At that speed they are very sensitive to waves and wind. Both can cause the boat to take off and fly. You can run these T Boats on their tail nose high on the lake, but that is not the best trim angle to run on the race course. You want to run nose level neutral trim or even slight negative trim during the race. The boats speed will carry the nose. When you hit a wave the boat will want to fly. If the boat flies level it will land level. Too high running in the nose and the boat doesn’t land level, boat could roll or flip. At best it becomes squirrelly on landing and the driver has to back out of the throttle to gain control. Same problem running thru the turns. The better and quicker your boat sets in the turn, the faster you are in the turn and most important the faster you are exiting the turn. Top speed is Only one factor in a very competitive TBoat, elapsed time (ET). The other factor is total time it takes to complete a lap. The faster your ET, the more successful you will be. You will hear racers talk about boat balance and bow anglel. It takes experience on the race course to find what setup works for you. Setup can be totally different driver to driver, boat to boat. Make of boat, weight of driver, prop selection, engine performance, skill level of driver, experience of driver and lastly “LUCK”.
An interesting note about this powerhead...this is 2014..it was this powerheads first race....this powerhead is on Rob Gordon’s boat at Gravenhurst 2023.
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