Before I added a hydrofoil, my bowrider always went nose up before getting
on plane. Once on plane, I could trim the drive up a little to plane better.
At the same throttle setting, I'd see the RPM increase about 200 RPM and the
speed increase by about 3 knots. I'd also see the bow wave go further aft on
the boat, indicating that about the first 30-50% of the hull was out of the
water.
Nice on flat water, but in choppy water I'd skip across six or so chops and
then pound one hard. Hurts my back too much, and no fun for innocent
passengers!
Oh, the hydrofoil really reduces the amount of nose up, and reduces the
speed at which I get on plane. Nice for water sports, because without it I
was getting on plane at about 18 knots (and falling off if I slowed at
all) - a good speed for my grandchildren to wakeboard. I now get on plane
before 15 knots and stay there.
"Mark" wrote in message
.net...
A question:

Is it easiest/best to get on plane from a level attitude, or "nose up"?

Fiberglass, with steps/strakes. Bow rider.

Thanks,
Mark