adding a pad? good or bad?

[derpid]

Lol least its garage kept, I would agree with Gordon, cost/time would be great for not much gain,

not a big fan of storing boats outside. drives me crazy when i see the neighbors do it.

be much easier to repower to a 300 to go faster (which may happen, see how life goes)

[Greg G]

You mentioned you have tried many, many props. Did you try either a Solas Scorpion or a Merc Rev4 ?

[derpid]

The scorpion is my current and best prop. Also tried rev4 and didn’t like the crabwalk it gave me.

[Greg G]

Well the Scorpion is one of the best "lift the whole dang boat" props out there. Is that picture you posted where the hull is super wet when you are running the Scorpion?

[derpid]

Yep running a scorpion in both pics.

[Greg G]

Houston ............. we have a problem!

[derpid]

Now you can see why I was considering a pad lol

[Greg G]

It won't work IMO. You have other things going on if you are that wet out of the gate.

[Greg G]

And btw, you already have a Delta Pad from the looks of it. I would take straight edge to it and a laser and ensure it is totally plum and flat etc. then after that start to look for the next issue.

[derpid]

Maybe I need to go back to the basics..... I have alot of positive trim left to go up but always back out due to the walk. Might be worth going back to square one and attempting to balance the boat with counter weight and driving through the walk in the atempt to wet less of the hull. If you think of trim gauge like a gas gauge, I run at a touch under half and it doesn’t walk, if I get past half and up to 3/4 or approaching it starts to walk bad and it’s hard to drive through.

[David - WI]

Don't underestimate the effect of more horsepower....it doesn't just make the boat go faster, it (usually) makes the boat go faster without needing as much trim (and setback) to get the hull up out of the water.

I had a chance to try a +50hp powerhead on my Checkmate and it went from 75 mph with 1 person & the nose in the sky... to mid-80's running almost "flat" with four people.

When you're underpowered you're always struggling to get the hull out of the water. FWIW.

[LakeFever]

Maybe I need to go back to the basics..... I have alot of positive trim left to go up but always back out due to the walk. Might be worth going back to square one and attempting to balance the boat with counter weight and driving through the walk in the atempt to wet less of the hull. If you think of trim gauge like a gas gauge, I run at a touch under half and it doesn’t walk, if I get past half and up to 3/4 or approaching it starts to walk bad and it’s hard to drive through.

I know this pain my old boat was super hairy at speed but needed a lot of trim to get there. It liked the motor deep in the water and SRX prop with a ton of trim made it scoot realllll well but two hands on really working the heck out of it.

[derpid]

Don't underestimate the effect of more horsepower....it doesn't just make the boat go faster, it (usually) makes the boat go faster without needing as much trim (and setback) to get the hull up out of the water.

I had a chance to try a +50hp powerhead on my Checkmate and it went from 75 mph with 1 person & the nose in the sky... to mid-80's running almost "flat" with four people.

When you're underpowered you're always struggling to get the hull out of the water. FWIW.

i don't think im under powered, but going to a 300 is not off the table.

[derpid]

I know this pain my old boat was super hairy at speed but needed a lot of trim to get there. It liked the motor deep in the water and SRX prop with a ton of trim made it scoot realllll well but two hands on really working the heck out of it.

i always got sketched out and didn't put too much effort into getting the static balance right before trying to fly the nose. this may just end up being one of those hulls that needs a sandbag in the passenger seat to scream.

[LakeFever]

65 certainly isn't slow either and is probably a white knuckle experience for first time passengers. It gets boring to our kind after a while no matter how high the speed we seek more eventually. This is why its great to own multiple boats to suit the mood of the day