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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi Mike,
I have the 165 navigator with a 90 yamaha on it. I also felt that my bow rode pretty high coming out of the hole as well.
I did a few different things to my boat. I had the rear of the boat "wedged" since I could not stay on plane without porpoising...they peened the back end over just a tad too much. Then, I also moved the motor up off the transom (I went to the highest mounting position) which seemed to help, although you would think it would help less..
My only question I have is how are your RPM's at full throttle under normal load? If you are under that, but fast, you very well could be over-propped, hence it takes more time for the motor to get up to speed to push the bow over. By reducing the pitch on the prop, you may be able to take care of this as well...or at a minimum make it happen faster.
The other option you may want to consider is the weight placement of items in the boat. If the boat is stern heavy, the bow will naturally rise more. I moved my TM batteries to the stern last year to see how the boat would perform, and it took more to push the bow over, even though I didn't have to trim the motor as much at full speed. I ended up moving them back to the front. On that note, how does the boat perform out of the hole with a full livewell?
I would stay away from the fins. If your set-up is close to optimum, the fin would do nothing for you.
The fins (IMHO) are for those boats that are under-powered. Your boat is maxed if I am not mistaken..
If you would be willing, please post your RPM's, prop and position of the motor on the transom. I bet we can solve this without a fin...
Steve |
