I recently purchased a MI Tide 14' (bugbuster) boat from a fellow SCDucker, and put a Tohatsu 25 with break away jack plate on it. Great boat and motor combo but I need some help with the set up. Boat runs OK but it wants to start bouncing. Boat has a high transom and motor is a long shaft with trim/tilt, so cavitation plate is level to bottom of boat. I can run 3/4 throttle without jumping, and can run WOT and trim up without cavitation, but you better hold on because boat will come out of water if you hit a wave.
What can I do to stop the bouncing? Do I need to add some weight to the front of boat? Motor seems at right height but maybe it needs to be adjusted?? This style boat has a small "lip" built in the bottom, so do I need to shave that "lip" off? Currently running a 13pitch SS prop, so do I need to change props?
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