Any experience with hydrofoils?

[angus99]

Another dinghy question. I have a Suzuki 20 4 stroke on our BlueWater Baby dink. It runs strong, but porpoises pretty aggressively when I’m the only person onboard. With more weight forward it settles down and planes smoothly.

The outboard is trimmed and pinned as low as possible. So I’m looking for experience from anyone who’s used a hydrofoil. Which did you install and did it solve the problem.

 

[Russell Clifton]

I have installed them on my previous tender (15 hp. Honda) and my current tenders (15hp Suzuki and a 60hp Suzuki). They worked perfectly in each case.
The last one I installed there were no holes to drill.
Here is a link to the type I use: https://www.fisheriessupply.com/browse?terms=hydrofoils

 

[angus99]

Thanks. I just ordered the Stingray Jr. Loving idea of finally having a readily accessible, easily launched and retrieved dink.