I have hydraulic bolsters.

In that video you are running great, also on Sunday i thought u did fine, I wouldn't over react, but ive seen u run the boat and you are trimmed most times, reel her back in a tad and try again, drop tabs and drive a tad, at around 4200 rpms my old 242 would pretty much carve it up, u are gonna get moved around in the wash behind boats, even us on the bigger boats, twins are where the real difference in is control in the wash, its easier to steer out,

sorry I watched the other video, my bad, buy a Fountain

I have standard, one ram per tab, bennetts. I think they are undersized. They have to be all the way down to stop the hop. If I pull them up at all, it hops. With the tabs all the way down and the drive tucked all the way in, I still can't get the bow to plow. Not that I would run it like that, just saying how the tabs are not very effective. I have thought about tig welding some trim tabs that are bigger like k planes.

I brought the subject of 280 K-Planes here on OSO a couple of weeks ago and nobody seems to have tried them on 242. Please update findings with bigger tabs.
Good luck.

All I gotta say, every 27 fountain I have seen has k planes. Same size boat as a 242. I think they are a good idea.

In the video your boat seemed to be trimmed out, and you were getting a bit of rocker from that AND the bit of rocker Formula tends to put in their hulls. (I'm not an expert on each hull, but generally that's how Formula designs them). If you compare yours to this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Csk73T9z9s you'll see the Pantara is riding more solid in the water, with the bow breaking the waves about a third the way from the nose. This is usually due to trimming in the drive, but tabs and hull hook can also contribute. Your boat was running much more out of the water. Note: I don't know if this was a 24 or a 28 Pantara, or if it's single or twins, but it happened to spool up right after your video, and it's informative.

Was still able to get on plane with a cupped 3 blade mirage plus and the -2 shortie. A modded bravo one would have been nice for 2-4s, but for lake running the 3 blade was perfect.

The "hinge" of the single ram Bennetts can not handle the force of a larger tab when entering the water, if you were indicating making those larger. If you want larger tabs you should sell the small ones and buy larger or K-planes.

I had a 87 242 with right around 530-540 hp. I could hit 68-69 mph @ 5800 rpms, and the boat real really smooth for what it was. I was running a 21 pitch mirage plus for the prop, I tried a 23 and 25 but the 21 was the best by a long shot. I ran that boat for 2 seasons. I now have an '89 292 SR-1. The one thing I will tell you with both boats, is once you learn how to operate them they will get smoother with more speed. With the 242 there was a big difference in the ride going from 60 to 68. At 68 mph the boat felt perfect, at 60 it still felt like it was glued to the water. Like others have said- your boat has a hook in the hull, that hook isn't out of the water until your are above the mid 60 range. Here is a picture at WOT, as you will see there is very little of the boat in the water, and the hook is well above the surface to the water.

http://s1094.photobucket.com/user/mi...hbsfu.jpg.html

Now- the difference between a 242 and a 292 is substantial. For starters you have twins which makes the boat more level when getting air. the 242 would always roll to the left, which was due to the rotation of the prop. There is nothing you are going to do about that, unless you have twins with counter rotating props. Also the 292 is a lot heavier, which also is going to make it ride better. My 242 had bolsters and I'm guessing yours does not, and the Baja and Fountain I'm sure do. IMO bolsters will make the boat feel as if it is riding a lot smoother, due to the fact your legs are now absorbing the bumps. For what it is, I think the 242 is a great boat, it will never out ride a larger boat. Learn how to trim it, and where the tabs should be for a given type of wave, and enjoy it for what it is.