What is a Holeshot Plate.

[dryhorn2]

What is a holeshot plate ? What does it do ? Does it mount on the bottom of a jackplate ?

 

[tarheel]

Allison has a holeshot plate and it mounts on the back bottom of the transom. I know Allison is a light boat but Darius popped it up on plane at 16 mph.

 

[dtw2]

Whats going on there dryhorn2 having problems getting that big old boat out of the hole, loose about 70 lbs. and that will help.emoLaugh emoLaugh emoPoke emoLaugh emoLaugh emoTongue emoTongue emoToast

 

[Davo]

dtw2 - 3/26/2007 12:48 PM

Whats going on there dryhorn2 having problems getting that big old boat out of the hole, loose about 70 lbs. and that will help.emoLaugh emoLaugh emoPoke emoLaugh emoLaugh emoTongue emoTongue emoToast

Ouch!emoEvil

Holeshot plates mount under a jackplate to basically divert water from going up that huge space. They help with lift. I like having mine.

 

[fisherpal2k]

They work pretty good on the smaller or I should say lighter boats. It just diverts the water away from the jack plate and keeps it from going up into the jack plate cavity. It really don't help much on the heavier boats.

 

[sdfd504]

They do work well on the larger boats because it keeps the water from going in the jackplate which inturn makes the rear end of the boat sit a little higher. What some people do is put small basket balls in their jackplate to fill in the void space. You would be amazed at how much higher it will raise the back of a 21' boat.

 

[churly]

emoScratch I was think of something totally different...

 

[Liveliner]

Churly, you caught me totally off my guard with that one, Had something on your mind, huh?

Funny.

 

[dtw2]

Oh thats even better than looseing 70lbs.