Seakeeper Ride on a 2520XLD?

[Reel Addiction]

Hi just came back from the Miami boat show while i was there I went on sea trail of a 26 ft Sportsman Open with seakeeper and seakeeper ride my question is has anyone install the seakeeper ride on their parker. I was very impressed with the ride it seems like a game changer. If anyone is going to the show I highly recommend you do the seatrial Thanks

 

[lazycuda]

Yes I just went on a couple of long trips, one over 200 miles with the new Ride System on my 2820 XLD and it feels like a whole different boat! Very smooth with little or no pitching back and forth anymore, and no more hard Bow Slaps when going through bigger sets of waves. The bow stays perfectly level and smooth at all times now, even on a hard takeoff. I feel like the boat rides at least 40 to 50% smoother, which also helps me keep a higher top speed and a smoother ride. In a 2 ft diagonal chop I used to have difficulty keeping the ride smooth at over 25 knots. Now with the Seakeeper Ride system I can maintain 30 knots in the same conditons with a smoother ride.

 

[Andy]

Yes I just went on a couple of long trips, one over 200 miles with the new Ride System on my 2820 XLD and it feels like a whole different boat! Very smooth with little or no pitching back and forth anymore, and no more hard Bow Slaps when going through bigger sets of waves. The bow stays perfectly level and smooth at all times now, even on a hard takeoff. I feel like the boat rides at least 40 to 50% smoother, which also helps me keep a higher top speed and a smoother ride. In a 2 ft diagonal chop I used to have difficulty keeping the ride smooth at over 25 knots. Now with the Seakeeper Ride system I can maintain 30 knots in the same conditons with a smoother ride.

Could you post some photos of the installation? Where is it installed on your 2820? I think a Seakeeper might fit in the space under the pilothouse floor. We have a hatch there on our 2520 XLD and there's a large void/space right in front of the black-water holding tank.

 

[Reel Addiction]

Could you post some photos of the installation? Where is it installed on your 2820? I think a Seakeeper might fit in the space under the pilothouse floor. We have a hatch there on our 2520 XLD and there's a large void/space right in front of the black-water holding tank.

He is talking about Seakeeper Ride (They take the place of your trim tabs they only work after 10 mph and keep your boat from going up and down while its moving) You are asking about the Seakeeper Gyro they are 2 different things.