Re: Complete Amateur Needs Help…

[frankr]

All boats do what yours does, to a greater or lesser extent. Speed control between making a hole in the water and planing speed just doesn’t exist. What does exist is the great variation in what it takes to get it up on plane, and how slow you can go without sinking back into a hole. After planes are often called trim tabs. Am I seeing a Whale Tail on the motor? Same purpose. If that is what I’m seeing, somebody else was unhappy with the performance too.

I do agree, too much weight in the rear. But don’t have a real answer. The boat might do well with a lighter 50 or 60hp motor, but I’m thinking that probably is not what you want to hear

I’ve seen lots of boats with what others have suggested–water in the hull. Usually when there is an air chamber under the floor. Boats with such an air chamber will have a drain plug to drain the chamber.

Yep, put somebody in that front seat.