TO FUNNY...........

go ahead and drop a prfect leveld boat from 10 feet on the ground and then do the same with 150 pounds in the back and tell me what the diffrents is.

Now do the same @ WOT in 4-8 foot seas and let me know which one runs WOT and still handles well ?!

LATER

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Ed,,,your tooooooo funny .LOL

But its not what i mean.

The stern of a boat will drop sooner then the bow if there is 150 pounds more in the stern then on a boat with 150 pounds less in the stern .

mmmmmhhhh,,,,kind of like that ?! LOL

Its the diffrents between tripping and contiue to run the boat .

you must be kidding me???? You really believe that the 150 pounds makes a difference on the ride of a 8000 pound boat traveling at speed. Let me understand this again and correct me if I am wrong here but you are saying that if you run an 8000pd boat on a 4-6 at 90 mph and an 8150pd boat at 90 mph on 4-6ft seas and you really believe that it will make a noticeable difference? You must be kidding right?? We are talking 150 pounds right? The equivalant of 25 gallons of fuel right??? You are saying 4-6ft seas on a 41 Apache right?? You are saying if you go out in an Apache with 4-6ft seas at speed by your self and go out with one more person a heavy girl "150 pounds" you are going to see a noticable difference in ride right ???? LOL, Tell you what ,I have a great money maker for you now it's a bridge I have underwater and I want to sell you dirt cheap..

I would think a #5 would be a little faster than a wet #6. The #6 would last longer.

How many hours do you have in a 41 ???

Has anybody ever put surface drives on an Apache? Any reason not to?

I whant to see that 150 pound girl sitting on the drives @ 90 in 6 foot seas !

150 pounds all the way in the back ............yes ,,makes a diffrent, why don't u try that with your skater,,,put 4 batt. all the way at the transom and let me now what u felt ?!!!!!!

It has nothing to do with a 41 apache or so,,,,,any boat will act up.
The 41 is very light in the bow anyways and now u add 150 pounds more in the back of the boat ........u would have to add 150 pounds in the bow to make up for that ....just to get it running like it did before and still add more to make it fly level.
If u guys want to play rocket ship thats fine ,,,i want to go fast at all times and be in control without worrying about tripping and then stuffing the boat .
1 reason why my boat runs 80 + in real 6 foot seas is because i dialed it in correct , if i add 150 pounds in the back it would tripp.
By the way allot of people think it has to do with trimm,,,,,what does it matter where the trimm is if the drive does not touch the water in the air ??????
Just think about it .
But anyhow ,,,i don't whant to start a pissing match,,,the #6 is a newer stronger drive but a waist of money on a boat with less then 900 HP,,thats my point.
Anybody should dial there boat in like they want and put on there what they want.
End of story.

PEACE

Get some 41 seat time, then we will have this discussion. I'm out.