Boat has a tunnel tab. I did not try playing with it because I was worried I would run out of fuel if I did not get to the trailer soon.

Most times I never let it get lower then 1/4 tank,if that low.

If it's a cat... it'll hop! Mine does starting about 70 up to mid 90's and the slicker the water the worse the hop. It is coming from the hull packing enough air to start creating lift at boat's CG. It usually helps me to get the boat up and moving with the drives tucked in then start just bumping the trim not adding any throttle and the boat comes loose and doesn't hop as bad but there is always a little. It is kind of a pain to either have to run 60 or 100 but hey there are worse things...

I have had 2 of the 30 Daytona's both closed bow and they would propose at 75 to 79. Once it started you had to get over 85 for it to go away and then you could back down to 80. I found that keeping the drives tucked too much would delay the acceleration and cause it to be worse. Just above level trim, or level depending on the conditions would allow the boat to power past the propose easily. I just excepted the fact that the boat could run at 30 to 70 or 80 to WOT. Yours may handle a bit different having an open bow (the CG may be different) but It sure sounds like the typical cat ready to fly but not quite packing enough air to do so.
The fact that it was light on fuel would be another factor it's starting to climb on the air pocket sooner than you are expecting it to.

Look at one at 6:17 Hops just like that one. Never stops.

Ran boat up over 100 last weekend. Full of fuel and 4 people in boat. Boat never stopped hopping. Anyone have any ideas.

Driving, props, tab, drive angles?

PROPS- Talk to Bblades and eliminator about your set up.

Wannabe

[/COLOR]Something has changed to make this occur all the time instead of only when around 85 and light on fuel . Have you added weight in the bow ? Changed props ? The way you stated this leads me to believe the boat didn't do it at all before this occurrence . Is this true ?

I do not run the boat hard that often. In thinking back I remember taking a friend for a ride shortly after I got it and we talked about the hop. It was low on fuel that time also so I just wrote it off to low fuel. I am getting more tuned into the boat and I think I am now noticing it more. When I got the boat I removed 2- subwoofers & 2 amps from the cabinet area & 2 batteries from under the rear seat. Of course my wife has filled in those area with stuff so I do not think the CG has changed much.

End of last year was low on fuel and only 2 of us. Last weekend was 4 of us and full of fuel. Both time the water had some chop and not much.

Talked to Eliminator today.

They said something is wrong in the setup.

Asked if props turn in or out. turn it, check
Drives should be toe in by about 1/8", I need to check this next time I get to the lake.

He said that the 30 is rock solid and should not have to work it hard to take a set. He said it is possible I was running with too much trim and once started would not stop. He also said have tab level with bottom.

Try running the trim just so the cav plate is level with the tunnel . Any more positive trim than that and i lose handling and speed with my 25' cat . They're all a little different so you will have to experiment . You don't have to move the drive much on a cat .