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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 258980" data-attributes="member: 6937">Well, I finally put it in the water today. Definitely more bow-heavy, but the waterline at the bow is still not above the water line of the bottom paint, so, that's a good sign.  It turns sharper at high speed and at low speed. It also planes off faster. Also, at wide open throttle, I trimmed out until the prop started catching air, and the bow never bounced one time. I did notice it's a bit heavy on the starboard side, probably because of the battery over there. Worst case scenario, I may move that portable 12 gallon tank back to the stern, on the port side, to bring a little bit of weight to the back, and to balance it out to the port side. But that's no major loss, I can use the empty space under the starboard side of the platform for some storage, (maybe a 6 gallon spare tank?) and if nothing else, put another billet of flotation foam in there.While it was T-shirt weather on the hill, that wasn't the case on the water, it was blowing pretty bad out there, but I still did my test run. Overall, I'm happy with the modifications, it's definitely an improvement of deck space, as well as boat handling and performance. May have to do some fine tuning (like moving the portable tank) but other than that, I think it turned out good.</blockquote>