Rough seas handling

[Jrpinoy]

The 290 is great in rough ocean but has anyone have a problem with waves hitting rear quarter beams cause the stern to slide out is that normal. 

[doug mayer]

That has happened in every boat I have owned, and tried to maneuver downwind in a following sea.

[Jrpinoy]

I do that try to maneuver around to a following sea when it happens. My old boat had out board never done that.  I think because of the Rutters it does that idk but other than that 290 is a solid boat

[mshugg]

You can trim an outboard up a bit to make it less likely that the bow to grab.  Can’t do that with inboards.  When it gets that snotty, the best bet is to ride in on the back face of a wave.  It requires some defy throttle work, but it will reduce that squirrelly feeling.

[Jrpinoy]

Other than that the 290 is a well built boat.  Mine is a 88 very solid not fast cruising around 22mph @3200-3400 rpm twin crusader 5.7 300hp. I want to rebuild the whole boat down the road if I hold on to it