2005 16' Duroboat won't trim up

[JimS123]

Yup. That's why we said to use a straight edge right at the beginning.

I don't personally know of a fix here, but maybe someone more experienced in aluminum boat repairs will chime in.

The boat is still usable, just don't go too fast. If it were mine, and in the absence of a recommended fix, I would put on fixed trim tabs and experiment with that.

 

[QBhoy]

Hi. You have a very obvious hook in your hull. If it’s meant to be there. It’s upside is faster planing with lower HP. Big down side is that they hit a wall at a certain speed and often anything from 2/3 throttle to full throttle can see almost no gain in speed. The faster you go...the more the bow is forced into the water.
what can help is raising the engine up (its defo too low as it is anyway), a good lifting stainless prop and making sure that prop is able to get high in the rpm range. Props with hull lifting characteristics work at their best with as much rpm as possible.

 

[Nicoya]

Thank you for the responses.
I ran boat with the motor high previously without any luck. I had a Panther electric jackplate on there before and it behaved the same.
I guess I'm gojng to look at how I can get the hull straightened. I may just have to keep living with it. It sucks.