Originally Posted by
BRzuki
I'm having a terrible time with my boat porpoising. The boat is a 1548 aluminum with 8* V and I am currently running 6" of set-back. I run either a 25hp yamaha 3 cylinder or a 40hp Mercury 3 cylinder. When I first got the boat I set it up with 11" of set back and it porpoised bad. I then moved down to just 6" of set back and it still porpoised very bad. I went with a low rake prop on my mercury and that seemed to help slightly but not anything like I had hoped. The boat porpoises even worse when I add some weight to the front like some have told me to do. I was also told that adding some hook in the outside and next to outside strakes 6-8" from the stern would help to raise the stern and push the bow down letting me trim out and gain speed, however everything I've read is that the bottom needs to be very flat and straight so that contradicts the "hooking" idea.
I'm needing any and all ideas that might work as I'm very disappointed in the performance of the boat as it is now and have two "worked" motors that are not reaching their full potential.
Thanks in advance.
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