G23 Handling

[Lake53]

I am new to the forum and new to the world of inboards. Took delivery of my new G23 last week and wondering how sharp these boats are meant to be turned. Much more fun to drive vs. my previous outboard, but I don't want to abuse or put excessive strain if not meant for it. I have heard inboards are built to turn as hard as I want, but would like some educated input. Thanks

[nyryan2001]

are you talking about cruising at say 30mph and cutting the wheel hard into a turn? Or at slow speeds?

[swc5150]

There's nothing you can do to put too much stress on the boat by turning. If you think the G handles tight, you should experience what a Ski Nautique is capable of

[nauty220]

Congrats on a great boat and welcome to PN!

Please watch this video
https://vimeo.com/22102411

[SkiTower]

make sure everybody is holding on when you try, you can very easily throw somebody out


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[justhavinfun]

Congrats on a great boat and welcome to PN!

Please watch this video
https://vimeo.com/22102411

Always get a kick out of this vid. I think every boater should be required to view this. My shovel would have a lot of dents in it if I could use it on stupid boaters.

[Lake53]

Yes, talking about cruising and cutting the wheel hard


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[Lake53]

Appreciate the video, no power turns pulling or when lake is busy, just learning boat and capabilities


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[vision]

A good question as an inboard does handle different than an I/O or outboard. Because the prop is closer to the weighted center of the boat, inboards turn much sharper with less slide than an I/O or outboard. As mentioned, a smaller traditional ski boat will throw everyone and everything not hanging on out of the boat with a sharp turn at speed. It is like a fast car with good tires.

Gs have a large round front hull that leads to a square edged back hull. They do not grip the water nearly as tightly, and slide much more on turning, than a traditional inboard ski boat. But a G will still turn more sharply and with less slide than an I/O or outboard due to the prop position.

You will notice that because of the front rounded hull, the G also "surfs" or slides over waves more noticeably than a traditional inboard. More than many deep V I/Os as well. Lastly, because of the substantial freeboard, wind will alter the course of a G more than traditional low gunwale inboards and even many I/Os.

[scottb7]

All true, but I wood add that my larson senza 186 I/O was no fun to drive....until i moved from 3 blade to 4 blade prop. Then it was every bit as fun to drive as my properly propped (pun intended) super air 210.

[KTM525]

Hmm.... who cares about turning ;-) - say bye bye to to them.. you will have much more fun with straight-lines :-)

[Lake53]

Good technical input Vision, thanks. Any issues or rudder vibration turning sharp at high speed?


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[xrichard]

On a lot of forums, the Gs get a bad rap for handling...I think that's because of how they look as opposed to how they actually handle.

When I first took mine out, I turned it lock-to-lock at 24 mph. It holds its line tightly, though not as tight as my old sport nautique (...same as the older 210 hull). Closer to my 08 210, though the feel is much different as the Gs tend to stay relatively level as they turn. If you're wondering how tight it can turn, just go out and make a few turns progressively tighter. You won't hurt anything as long as your passengers are holding on. At wakeboarding speeds, you'll find you can turn full lock w/o a problem and you're not going to be sliding as much as you might think.

I'd have no concern making a 180 degree turn on our regular delta and sac river runs (...no, these aren't power turns to pick up a rider, they're just reversing direction because we're approaching a bridge, marina, etc).

[Lake53]

Thanks xrichard


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[vision]

No vibration during turns on my G.