Darren Rude
New Member
- Dec 12, 2018
- 1
- Boat Info
- 510 fly 2017
- Engines
- 600 Cummins
just bought a SeaRay 510 fly and the platform is spraying at 17 nots in to dingy? Anyone have this issue?
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No doubt. That's a photo shoot, so of course it's done in pretty ideal conditions. I thought it was good to show it, just so there was a physical representation to compare to for Darren.There are a few videos on YouTube of 510 Fly's running, and there's a whole lot more spray than what's shown in the pic you posted.
With the dinghy on my platform I actually get sea water up through the platform deck vents as I'm getting up on plane. Even without the roughly 800 pound dinghy on board I get light sea spray throughout the cockpit and in particular on the sliding glass door when I'm running on plane, likely due to the so called station wagon effect. I agree with everyone that it's best to run with the dinghy bottom plug out, however......I usually unload the dinghy while standing off a marina and have my wife drive it to a dinghy slip as I dock. There was one instance this summer during a very high wind arrival that as I was undoing the dinghy straps and preparing to lower the platform that I was distracted by the boats constant drifting towards the dock. This required me to go up and down from the bridge to the platform to keep the boat a safe distance off the marina. My wife cannot get the hold down straps off by herself. I (not my wife), neglected to install the plug before lowering the dinghy off the platform. I realized that when I went back up to the helm and the plug was on the dash. By then my wife was out of yelling range and she did not have a cell phone or VHF radio with her (I called her on both to no avail). So, I had to dock the boat knowing I could be dealing with a dinghy mess. Fortunately she tied up the dinghy fairly tightly AND the bilge pump operated properly, otherwise I would have had one sunk dinghy. Lesson learned. She now carries a handheld VHF radio and I put the plug in before I release the straps.