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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rotus623" data-source="post: 427041" data-attributes="member: 15266">That's good info! That backs up what Larry was saying earlier. Just because you are on plane doesn't mean you have enough oomph to get that tail end up and out of the water. These slick bottoms have a lot of drag due to surface tension. Which also adds to the sluggishness.My last boat was the same way. Was a 16' all welded jon and had a 25/20 tiller steer on the back. Got in plane pretty well but tail end just set low. I guarantee that light boat would have loved a 50/35 on it. But the hull wasn't solid enough for me. I just don't want to split a hull wide open and hurt someone. I don't know the upper James as well as I would like to so I like the idea of a tank to learn.</blockquote>