Triumphdave2
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- Sep 29, 2010
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I bought a 1985 26ft Sleekcraft Ambassidor, equiped with a Volvo 290A 5.7
I really like the boat but noticed from the first time launched that it does not like backing up. The boat will start backing up but then it will start walking sideways. Steering L and R and throttling in reverse will not give you control. This makes manuvering away from docks very difficult, not to mention launching and reloading. The boat came with both a R twist and a L twist prop and I have tried both of them (Volvo makes that swap very easy) with the same result. The skag looks fine and the lower unit goes fully down.
I was wondering if any other Sleekcraft owner has a simular problem.
I really like the boat but noticed from the first time launched that it does not like backing up. The boat will start backing up but then it will start walking sideways. Steering L and R and throttling in reverse will not give you control. This makes manuvering away from docks very difficult, not to mention launching and reloading. The boat came with both a R twist and a L twist prop and I have tried both of them (Volvo makes that swap very easy) with the same result. The skag looks fine and the lower unit goes fully down.
I was wondering if any other Sleekcraft owner has a simular problem.