Snag King
05-08-2004, 06:30 PM
We finally made it out on Erie today to try out our new planer board system Big Jon mast and Tru Trac boards)it started to feed out right every time I'd let it out slowly it would run true for a short time but would start returning back to the boat and eventually totally submerged it self. This happenened going any speed( .5MPH or faster up to 3 mph )into, with and across the waves,and the driver was keeping the boat going straight. As we only had 2 footers, I would believe they weren't the problem. The mast is mounted on the front casting deck(1700 Lund Fisherman) and is probably a good seven to eight feet above the water line.And Im sure the boards are assembled correctly. Needless to say we never got to fish using the new equipment, I broke out the "Old trusty Offshore in lines" and they performed as expected.I don't see any extra holes for attaching the tow cord in a different spot to tune it so I figure it was engineered to run as is. I thought maybe somebody else has had the same experience and could tell me how to correct this problem because it sure put a damper on todays trip.