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Bow weight.
Well this was an interesting observation I have made with my 210. A couple of weeks ago I decided to change out my anchor line and chain. I have had my old one for 6 years as it dates back to my 2000 logic. Since we deal with a lot of current if we want to fish the jetties, I increase the length and size of chain to 8 feet of 5/16” and 200 feet of ½” rope to aid in setting the anchor. Since then, the last couple of time I have been out the water has been rough so WOT hasn’t been an option, but I had noticed the boat was handling a bit different. It seemed to be bow steering more then usual. So today we had the boat out and I was able to go to WOT. No matter how I trimmed the boat out I was 4 knots off of the top speed of the boat! Anyways, I started thinking about it, and decided move the anchor, chain and rope to the stern. BINGO, boat jumped right up like it always had. Best guess in weight, is that I increase it by about 20-25 pounds. It really seems funny that the boat is so balance sensitive. Guess I just need to let those splash wells fill up with water! Anyways, should anyone else feel they are bow steering too much, just check your bow weight!
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