I very rarely get to see it through all of the people gathered around the docks looking at it.

The higher the rake the more bow lift you will get.
But you need to compare apples to apples as far as diameter, as that will have an effect. Larger diameter usually gives more stern lift but that can confuse some because on a vee trimmed out it will try to lift the whole boat.
How is Lets Rock running, one of my good friends was the third owner, so I have spent alot of time in there and you are right it needs tabs. We had bought some drive spacers to try but he blew one of the motors on the first outing with them. He said it seem to help getting on plane, but didn't get to run it enough to know for sure. Good luck with it, it is a beautiful boat.

Michael

Yes, My boat burned in a fire in storage, I'm kinda glad it did before someone got killed in the thing! It had twin 1000hp 632's. The boat would run 110 half throttle but we could never get it past there, it had a violent, I mean VIOLENT chine walk if you tried to push any further.

identical scenario

Knotty Buoy is definitely not around anymore. Hit bird island doing 70ish. Ripped a 6ft hole under the port side and had a solid crack midship from the very bottom of the keel to right around the rubrail. Boat was for sale before it got wrecked but was already half dead. Was a real shame the guy who had it beat the sh** out of it every weekend. Legit saw him taking a reciprocal saw to the swim platform to chop off the side step after he crushed it against a concrete pier. The paint was also fouled up from the factory. The boat was a birthday present for the original owner and to make sure he got it on his bday as a surprise present they rushed the paint job and never clear coated it. So every time a fender or rub rail on a dock brushed against the hull it was smudged or scratched. Nice boat just needed the right owner. Had blown 650s and #6 Drives. Would do 103 following 2-3 footers and a solid 85 heading into it. Extra steps gave it a nice ride since you didn't get the slamming on the ass end when trimmed up a bit

actually,after I fixed the starboard motor that never ran right(reluctor wheel was in the wrong position on the balancer),,boat ran 107 w/ me and 3 other guys on it.everything else you said was spot on.

I saw 101 with Terry in that thing. Crazy ride!