Bobs nose cone and low water pickup

[R Pierson]

Ron is 100% correct..All things being the same ( you haven't changed anything set up wise) the cone will slow you down. And...it will add tail lift! Some boats hate that. Example: Hydrostream Valero YT...a 175 Merc with a std lower runs about 70mph. Add the cone and it runs so flat it struggles to get 65. Add a jack plate and different prop and you get back to the 70s but the same thing happened with the stock case. In a exceptional case a cone might be faster if it straightened the angle of attack. ( crab angle too great...we had a laugh about that last time....) Running the gearcase straight has less drag than the cone adds. But the tail lift deal is real. Slower boats ( under 75mph) will find that hard to deal with imo.