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SBS933
01-21-2014, 08:06 PM
Anyone running one, Thinking about installing one. Is it worth it ?

WESTERNAERO
01-21-2014, 08:11 PM
I never thought so.

76Bonneville
01-21-2014, 08:33 PM
On the pump, No
Through hull turn fin, Yes

SBS933
01-21-2014, 08:54 PM
I never once thought, I need to get one. Hell with it, I guess I don't.

Menace Marine
01-21-2014, 11:01 PM
You don't need it.


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Hye power
01-22-2014, 03:28 AM
I run one. My brother had a 19' dana and that boat would do a 360 if you pitched it hard, we installed the fins on the bottom of the boat and the one on the jet and fixed that problem.

SBS933
01-22-2014, 07:27 PM
I went ahead and installed one tonight, docks and trailers have to be easier with it.

GottaJet
02-09-2014, 02:58 PM
Makes a difference at low speeds�� not critical though

SNiC
02-12-2014, 11:23 AM
Here in Alabama, after a hard rain there can be debris like logs floating and hidden just below the surface.
Jet Fins (Rudder) and these do not mix well, especially at high speeds :shock:

FormulaZR
02-12-2014, 11:04 PM
I put a rudder on my first boat. I was new to boating and new to jets. I really thought it would help with low speed. It did, I guess...but I still took it off.

Then when I got my tunnel, I thought I'd need one. So I put the rudder I had left over on it. I took it off at the end of the day.


Bottom line for me: they do make a difference, but it's not night and day. It was helpful when I was first learning - kind of like training wheels. Once I got "done" with the tunnel, I tried it again to test. It cost me 3 mph on the top end.

SBS933
03-19-2014, 11:40 AM
Heading out tomorrow night for Parker, I'll let you know how it worked for me. If it doesn't make parking at foxes and trailering it way easier it's gonna get pulled. I figured i'd never know if I didn't try one.

Hye power
03-31-2014, 02:00 PM
Heading out tomorrow night for Parker, I'll let you know how it worked for me. If it doesn't make parking at foxes and trailering it way easier it's gonna get pulled. I figured i'd never know if I didn't try one.

So what was the verdict?

SBS933
04-02-2014, 09:58 AM
So what was the verdict? It sucked in every way, it ruined the steering at speed and didn't do shit on docking or putting it on the trailer. It came off as fast as it went on.

WESTERNAERO
04-02-2014, 10:05 AM
It sucked in every way, it ruined the steering at speed and didn't do shit on docking or putting it on the trailer. It came off as fast as it went on.

How's that saying go? I told you so... Just kidding.:wink2:

Hye power
04-02-2014, 11:23 AM
It sucked in every way, it ruined the steering at speed and didn't do shit on docking or putting it on the trailer. It came off as fast as it went on.

Hmmm good to know mine has always had it I have never tried it without maybe I should.

Nickythefish
05-11-2014, 08:49 PM
its just drag and with fuel prices, just take it off…