Boat leaning on the left

(espritv8) · (espritv8) **Join Date: Dec 2009** 06-18-2010, 5:32 AM

Hi,

Everytime i go over 30mph with my boat (supreme v220) it has a tendency to go left and it is leaning on this side. I really don't know why. Any ideas?

thanks

(gdavid) · (gdavid) **Join Date: Feb 2010** 06-18-2010, 6:23 AM

Assuming that you have a right hand screw propeller it is just the result of the prop twisting the boat in the opposite direction from the way that it is spinning. The boat has a tendancy to turn to the left for the same reason. A boat will "walk" to the right from a stop if it is a right hand prop and at high speed the back of the boat trying to go to starboard makes the bow turn to port. Everything is ok.

(gunz) · (gunz) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 06-18-2010, 1:18 PM

Even your boat wants the surf wake setup,just give in.

(tinytdubb) · (tinytdubb) **Join Date: Jul 2007** 06-18-2010, 4:17 PM

It only looks like that because your wearing one shoe........Just kidding my guess is a bent skeg.

(calvolson) · (calvolson) **Join Date: Mar 2009** 06-19-2010, 6:13 AM

Gangsta boat leaning dirty. Ha

(espritv8) · (espritv8) **Join Date: Dec 2009** 06-19-2010, 7:04 AM

My propeller is left hand turn. The steering is pulling heavilly to the left. I tried other boats (not wakeboard boats though) and didn't notice this problem.

(rallyart) · (rallyart) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 06-19-2010, 7:21 PM

You can shape the trailing edge of the rudder with a course file to make the boat steer neutral. It could also be bent tracking fins like tinydubb suggested.
The part I'm not so sure of is why it leans to the left unless Ricardo is correct. Do you have the boat evenly loaded?