trophy19 wrote:

Congrats on your retirement!!

Pete

Thank you!

bobberal wrote:

What motor is on your 1880? I have had my 1880 with a 150 Yamaha since 2008. With this package you just have to send it to get it on plane.

It’s a 200 HP Yamaha 2 stroke.

abster71 wrote:

just a thought could you feel any slippage in the prop could be possible that the rubber hub could be dry rotted?

It’s an interesting thought. I feel like the prop was biting so probably not but it’s worth checking.

ClownColor wrote:

What do you mean by left lives wells open?

The fill/drain valveS were open so the wells filled while I was on the water.

Thanks all…I’ve been thinking about this all day and am pretty sure this was my own-doing. I’ve always used full throttle to get on-plane and never had a problem. I think that after so many years off the water I was just expecting SOMETHING to go wrong. So I was easing it up to speed, not thinking about getting up on-plane. When the bow went up I looked back and was surprised at how the transom was. I was convinced I had taken on water and had just shifted the ballast back with the throttle increase. With that thought I was not about to give it more throttle.

I think I just need to take it out again. Float it for a while, open some accesses and confirm there’s no water in the bilge (no reason there would be, but just so I can get that thought outta my head) and then bury the throttle and get it up on-plane. If I do a wheelie and put the boat on its back, I’ll know there was a problem! But in reality, I’ll probably just prove that it was my inappropriately conservative use of the throttle today.