06-10-2019, 10:35 AM
Ours is an 03 with blue hull as well... I just had it repainted this winter.
The boat splits time between Milwaukee and Door County WI (with a lot of trips to your side of the lake). I don't have trolling valves and haven't run a boat with them (we don't fish). I could see them being helpful coming into the harbors etc to reduce wake, however when docking I think I'd want them off. These boats are one of the better balanced boats that I've run, and the torque when you put it into gear is extremely helpful to move the boat where you'd like just using little inputs from the shifters (we don't have a thruster). I would at a minimum test how the boat handles (in an open area) to see if the torque is reduced when putting it in and out of gear before I committed to using trolling valves when docking.
Max
The boat splits time between Milwaukee and Door County WI (with a lot of trips to your side of the lake). I don't have trolling valves and haven't run a boat with them (we don't fish). I could see them being helpful coming into the harbors etc to reduce wake, however when docking I think I'd want them off. These boats are one of the better balanced boats that I've run, and the torque when you put it into gear is extremely helpful to move the boat where you'd like just using little inputs from the shifters (we don't have a thruster). I would at a minimum test how the boat handles (in an open area) to see if the torque is reduced when putting it in and out of gear before I committed to using trolling valves when docking.
Max
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