Oh, of course. I read your posting and still didn't read it well enough.
Sorry.

I'm guessing the motor does NOT have hydraulic tilt/trim. You say you have
already moved all the pins as far as they go. I don't see any reason why
adding the wedges " in the opposite direction" could hurt anything. It will
only put your engine at too high of a "normal" angle to the transom.

However, if you really have a "hook" in the hull, then one device ( the
wedge) is trying to overcome another problem(the hook) and you have to be
losing power along the way.

p.s. don't let anyone tell you a 40 hp won't plane a 16 foot well. I have a
16 ft Carolina Skiff STD ( admittedly a light boat hull) and it planes like
the devil. I added Smart Tabs to flatten any excessive bow lift.
--
RichG manager, Carolina Skiff Owners Group on MSN
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners


"AMD Rules" wrote in message
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I was thinking about wedges in the opposite direction. Requiring more
front end lift.