steering hard at low speed

[ad heeney]

gday ,took out the new boat a week ago and while moving off from the ramp found it very hard to steer the boat at low speed,got out of the passage into the river give it a gut full steering got better when on the plane. the boat is a formosea 550 , moter etec 115 is it a triming prob or or a fluid prob, thanks ad

[Spaniard_King]

is it hydraulic or cable steering????

[tunaticer]

Is it the steering is hard or is the boat not reacting at low revs as you would have presumed?

Jack.

[Hornet Rider]

Was the steering working 'normally' before you launched? How long was the steering left idle before this outing?

[Mad-One]

My Formossa has hydraulic steering and is fine at slow speed or high speed. Sounds like you should take it back to the dealer

Cheers Mad

[1975fflh]

Hi If it cable steering, could be that the motor is not trimmed properly, I had the same problem and nearly took it to the shaop to have it fixed until one of the wonderful and knowledgable people on this site pointed me in the right direction.

I was used to a very old tinny with a 9.9 and when I bought an old 5.2 RumRunner with a 90HP I was just putting the trim into the centre on the guage and that was it now I know to trim up or down until the steering is manageable.

Gordon

[FNQCairns]

Some boats will behave as if drunk at idle speeds, repetitive wandering left and right, it's normal but tiring.

cheers fnq

[Getout]

At slow speeds, planing boats react very slowly to the helm. Its very easy to over-correct, causing you to slew all over the place. A steady hand on the wheel is more effective.

[ad heeney]

i think its hidraulic under the con there is a long white tube conected to the steering housing, and like a hi d hose conecter to the outboard

[ad heeney]

6 weeks wasnt able to get out because of work

[ad heeney]

i think its hi d

[CB77]

Hi,

Could it just be that you are not used to a bigger boat?

I put my new boat in for the first time and hit the pontoon on the wrong angle and too hard, cost me $150 to fix the ding. . I was taken by complete surprise how different the stearing and handling of the bigger fibreglass boat was at low speed.

My old 4.55 savage tinny runabout was much lighter & a lot more responsive at low speed.

[ad heeney]

hi craig , yes mate i think you may be rigth i got up in it the other day and mucked around with the trimming and steering ,i found that trimming the outboard all the way down even out of the water the sreering was harder than allthe way up,just got too get used to trimming up as i go threw the speed range, yes mate had me close encounter with channel maker give a gut full before i knew it just missed it hart stopping stuff, let alone the old daisy air letting go close call nealy had to go hone and change the undies, thanks ad