Hello
First thanks in advance to all posters!
I just bought a 1986 21 foot sea ray cuddy with markings on the side of
the boat 210 CSL and Sun Runner (think it is a sea ray, maybe not),
chevy/merc stern drive 260hp. No manuals or boat info, very clean and
great motor.
On the instrument panel I have a silver joy stick that is six
directionial, from top working clock wise it says 1. bow up 2.
starboard up 3. starboard down 4. bow down 5. port down 6. port up. Is
this trim control? No wires hooked up to it. A new shifter has been
put in and it has a up down tilt switch on it.
First day on the water (loved it) boat would (not sure about correct
terminology) severily lisp to side of extra adult at all speeds. Is
this trim control for that issue and can it be rehooked up or not?
Does this boat have trim control or do you get rid of lisp different
way, yes i made adults moved around but if at speed took a while to
correct.
Hope some one knows something.
Thanks
Mike Rueff
Clinton Ut
ps any info on the boat in general would be great help also like how to
take care of it (new boat owner, graduated form PWC to boat!!)
Capt John - 27 Jul 2006 17:28 GMT
> Hello
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> ps any info on the boat in general would be great help also like how to
> take care of it (new boat owner, graduated form PWC to boat!!)
That "joy stick" is for trim tabs. The switch on your shifter is engine
trim, moves the outdrive up and down, very differant from trim tabs.
I'm assuming the boat does not have an outdrive setup with two props on
it. A standard single engine set up will always lean to one side due to
engine rotation. And on a small boat, having more passangers or gear on
one side can result in the boat leaning. You can sometimes minimize the
lean by having passangers or gear on the other side to counter the lean.