Well i finally fixed up my motor with just the tilt and trim to complete but i decided to go on the water and it was a beautiful day. There was a bit of wind with maybe 1-2 foot swells on the water. I realised that the motor is sitting very low in the water on the back when the boat is standing like the motor is to heavy for my boat or something, though it is within regulations. I was thinking of putting some bar bells underneath the front bow to about 40kg and some lead to about 20 so 60kg. The motor is sitting so low that it is taking on water in the motor drail well but maybe like only 20ml but the drain well hole is sitting right above or in the water and it is worrying me.. It evened out when my dad sat at the front<br /><br />As an experiment i got my dad to sit on the bow when i was driving and for the first time i experienced "plaining" and was looking on the speedo and we were going at least 40 or so nautical miles after normally only experiencing 20 or so "cutting" through the water. But to experience the 40mph i had to go wide open...<br /><br />Also before when i had no weight on the front with it going at WOT i had 3500 or so RPM but when it started plaining i had at least 4300-4700 on the tacho WOT<br /><br />When is hits the ripples in the water is it normal for the boat to make loud noises like its hitting against a flat surface ebcause thats what it was doing ...<br /><br />Maybe i need a new propellar (i don't know what pitch i have currently but it seems like its very flat like its not cutting through the water but pushing it...<br /><br />The boat is a 4.33m Runabout and its fairly shallow but wide boat and it has a 65hp Mercury Thunderbolt motor. I always have a 4.5hp Mercury Kicker (brand new from shop maybe 10 hours but its 20 years old but honestly like new) Should i be going in a bay around 1-2km from the opening to the open ocean on pretty good to medium to normal breezish days or should i just stick to river etc.. If a swell hits us from side on the boat rocks and if you were standing you would easily fall out but it does not take on water from the sides but it looks like it nearly will.. <br /><br />This boat was absolutely flying on the water when my dad was sitting on the bow as the weigh was evened out and on WOT it got onto plain without a problem <br /><br />Anyway Have a good Australia Day Long Weekend you Ozzies out there. <br /><br />Beautiful 33c-40c wheather for last 2 and the next 5 days in Australia. And not to windy but with a nice cool breeze and heaps of bream 
