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Message: <blockquote data-quote="benjineer" data-source="post: 437741" data-attributes="member: 3833"><p>Power trim allows you to make adjustments while you are running for different loads or sea conditions.  The boat will plane quicker with the trim down but once on plane it runs faster and more efficiently with it trimmed up.  That sweet spot could be a different position today than yesterday depending on weight in the boat and where the weight is and the speed you are trying to run.  Small light boat on small lakes or rivers with slick water, and a permanent trim may be ok.  Slick water you want bow up for speed until it just starts to porpoise then back off.  Rough water you want bow down and run slow to use the V if you have one to cut the waves.</p></blockquote><p></p>