I think you want to get the drive trimmed out properly to get the bow up. Once you've got that, then you can use the tabs to stabilize the ride some. You may have to run different amounts of tab on each side to run stable in the rough, but don't run anymore than you have to. The goal is to run the boat with the drive out at it's optimum position with no tab. Drive out at optimum will be just before it starts to feel slippery. Once you feel the boat get loose, bring the drive in until it just stops. You want it to feel light but not slippery.

Sitting or standing for 2 hrs negotiating that kind of water will give the same results. I love the "rough stuff", but only for a short time, and usually voluntarily. There has been plenty of times I decide against going for a ride because I didn't feel like dealing with the conditions.

jayhawk: yes, I've got all that down... but the continuous slamming was killing me so I tried plowing a bit

Pure Energy: Yeah, so not much I can do about 100 miles of rough confused water... Guess I should have taken the ocean side for more regular swells.

Anyone out on the ocean monday? How was it in the afternoon? Is it generally cleaner wave conditions than LI Sound?

I think sitting or standing depends on your knees or your back.... In my case my knees can no longer take the pounding standing up... but my back i can live with sitting down.... one of the reasons I like my Y2K so much... sit down with lots of leg room.... most stand up boats leave little room for stretching out your legs...

At about 1pm it started blowing, some whitecaps, but nothing big. This was just west of ER inlet. It may have been worse a few miles out... but the Sound sux with an easterly wind.

Oh yea... and don't say we didn't warn you about the east winds in the sound.

I think you are correct with this being your main problem. Your not "locked" into your seat. When the boat goes up, you follow, when the boat goes down, you follow. That's why you are feeling it. You need to go up and down with the boat as one. You have to get your feet secure and your back secure so you can be locked in. Move the front seat forward or lower it, or whatever you need to do to get to the footrest, and you will see the difference. Once you can push off the footrest to lock yourself into the seat you'll love sitting in the rough.

Call Coen at Superboat, he will get you the foot rest you need. My Y2K has them. All you will ever neeed in the Rough.

IMO. standing is more comfortable ( up to a few hours ). Iv'e always had a bad back and standing absorbs the shock better. Like I said, it's my opinion

Try putting a good sized boat bumper under your feet to help push yourself back into the seat... if that works install a foot rest?

Go buy yourself a weight lifting belt for support and a seat belt bolted to the seat base and push throttle stick to the wall . Problem solved.