little.boat
Seaman
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2013
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- 73
Ok I have a new to me boat. Today is the first day I got to run the boat. Please read all as I will first tell my problem and then give my current measurements.
When end I would take off and get up on plane the boat would bounce up and down, not chine walking but more like trying to ride a bull. It did this whether the motor was trimmed up or down. Worst when trimmed up. It does this whether there is one person or 2 in the boat. However if 2 of us were in the boat and one of us sat in the drivers seat, of course and the other sat up near the bow the boat would get up and run without the bouncing. Now I could add weight to the bow and fix this bit I know that is just covering up the real problem so I'm looking at how the motor is set up.
the boat is a 1983 Bullet 19VEE with a 1984 200hp mercury V6 on it. The hull is a stepped hull and all measurements are taken from the bottom of the bottom step, lowest point of the boat. The boat is level on the trailer and motor was trimmed until the cavitation plate was level. The boat also has a 5" jack plate.
bottom of the boat is 16 1/4" off garage floor so this is our base point.
The cavitation plate is 24" off the garage floor.
The center of the prop shaft is 15 3/4" off the garage floor.
that makes my cavitation plate 7 3/4" above the bottom of the boat.
that makes my prop 1/2" below the bottom of the boat.
I'm thinking my motor is set to high and needs to be lowered. However I don't know enough about these fast bass boats to start messing with it without some opinions, my biggest motor before was a 90hp. Do you guys think my motor is set to high and are my symptoms the result of a motor being set to high.
When end I would take off and get up on plane the boat would bounce up and down, not chine walking but more like trying to ride a bull. It did this whether the motor was trimmed up or down. Worst when trimmed up. It does this whether there is one person or 2 in the boat. However if 2 of us were in the boat and one of us sat in the drivers seat, of course and the other sat up near the bow the boat would get up and run without the bouncing. Now I could add weight to the bow and fix this bit I know that is just covering up the real problem so I'm looking at how the motor is set up.
the boat is a 1983 Bullet 19VEE with a 1984 200hp mercury V6 on it. The hull is a stepped hull and all measurements are taken from the bottom of the bottom step, lowest point of the boat. The boat is level on the trailer and motor was trimmed until the cavitation plate was level. The boat also has a 5" jack plate.
bottom of the boat is 16 1/4" off garage floor so this is our base point.
The cavitation plate is 24" off the garage floor.
The center of the prop shaft is 15 3/4" off the garage floor.
that makes my cavitation plate 7 3/4" above the bottom of the boat.
that makes my prop 1/2" below the bottom of the boat.
I'm thinking my motor is set to high and needs to be lowered. However I don't know enough about these fast bass boats to start messing with it without some opinions, my biggest motor before was a 90hp. Do you guys think my motor is set to high and are my symptoms the result of a motor being set to high.
