Since you've never driven the boat,
wait til it gets warm enough, then drive it.

You'll then be able to relate to what we're talking about
handling wise.

Big tabs, outside rotation, ex.steering, bottom work
are all good ideas, and will probably help some,
but it still doesnt solve the issue of it having a
high center of gravity for it's 30' length.

Learn and enjoy the boat in it's current form,
and when you decide that you want to go faster,
pick a different chassis, one that is more suited for
80+ mph speeds.

Mine had 280 K's and props turning out. It still sucked.

Did you ever go like this???
'

That's what it feeels like when it "falls off the pad"

did this "fall off the pad" ever happen to a OSO member here or has anyone seen this?
i mean: did the passengers fall out, did the boat sink, was it demaged or was it just a little ooouuupppps and the boat came back.

i did not find anything on youtube. just want to figure out what could happen to me and my family.

Learn the boat, I am sure you will be fine, I would not throw any more power at it till you know the boat well, period.

correct, thats what i want to do, but:

did this "fall off the pad" ever happen to a OSO member here or has anyone seen this?

Not sure of the fall off the pad thing, but the boat would not have been built if it was a safety hazard, I agree maybe it is not the most stable thing but once you learn the boat and feel it yourself only you will know how to handle it.

Falling off the pad can happen on any boat with a pad bottom.
It is not catastorphic. It will just make the boat lean to one side.

You really need to relax and quit worrying about stuff. The boat is 18 years old and hasn't sunk or flipped yet, so I'm sure it will be fine.

Like everybody has said. Just go drive it and used to it. There is absolutely no reason to worry about changing things until you find something you don't like.

The boat is not a 200k Cigarette. Don't try to make it into one by throwing money at.