OUTLAW EAGLE MANUFACTURING

Little Dipper · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 34 Location: Stone Town

Just curious if any of you have any knowledge on controlling your boat going down some pretty fast moving water?

I was recently on a trip where I went up a creek that had seen a fair bit or rain and was deep enough to run. Going up was the fun part as the boat is easy to controll speed wise against the fast current. Coming down was still fun but had a bit more edge to it. I founf it almost impossible to slow your speed because i had to stay on step due to the shollow spots, large rocks and rock shelves in the river.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks a guy can use?

mountainman · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:05 am Post subject:

Stay Alert and keep your ass puckered tight! Shocked

Little Dipper · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 34 Location: Stone Town

Yea that's what I think is the only option in this case. Some spots were just wide enough for the boat and a little more and lots of sudden turns which made for an interesting ride. Banked off a few rocks and scared the boat up a bit but thought there might be a few tricks a guy could use.
thanks

tuchodi51 · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 97 Location: fort st john

what works for me is steering with the throttle.i line up so i put the nose on the inside bank,and alot of the time it's a couple of feet on shore,let off the gas just before contact,crank the wheel,hammer the throttle to pivot the boat around the bend.it takes some practice and you will bounce off the bottom a bit but it's got me down some pretty tight nasty creeks.not sure if that makes sense.hard to explain without seeing it.

bender · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 50

if its tight going try to stay as slow as you can and stay on step anticipate the corners and keep your nose as tight to what you are steering around as possible , goi slow into it but use the throttle to blast you around the corners swinging the ass around carful you dont swing it into stuff though
the throttle is your friend and to much straight speed will take away the effectivness of the throttle steer practice on a calm deep spot and see how you can swing the ass around and move it side to side
sometimes going down stream depending on the corners i stay as tight to the inside as possible sometimes having the boat sideways and turning even before the corner hits like a powerslide on snow with a vehicle

any of that make sense?

tuchodi51 · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 97 Location: fort st john

exactly.i compare it to drifting but with a boat.

Rock Doctor · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 71 Location: Ft Nelson

Rivernut · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 34 Location: Massachusetts

Wear polarized sunglasses to take the glare off the water, helps for spotting rocks. Go with the flow - aim for the greatest flow and go as fast as you can comfortably depending on your experience / skill level. Running these places in high flow and learning them in progressively lower flows helps a lot.

Little Dipper · Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 34 Location: Stone Town

Sorry for the late reply but thanks to all for your tips. I ran the creek a second time but the water im sure dropped another two to three feet since the last time so running it was even more of a challenge the creek looked totally different then the first time. Had to skip over some dry land to get around downed logs. Used some of the advise, need to practise the fish tailing a bit more as I always figure id slam into the mountain wall on the other side. it was a mountian creek so it had some nice shoutes and rocks. Sustained a bit of damage but made it home safe. Not sure ill try it again though, I love my boat to much.

Thanks again for the replies.