jackplate 

Agree...it actually caused me some anxiety to see it that low.

+Dave-Jill Nelson Not really, there is a plate on the bottom that blocks most of the water from getting trapped inside the plate slowing the holeshot down, but once its up on plane its out of the water by 5-6"

yeah his motor was like drowning a but lol

Allen Butler Ive always done it the opposite way, JP all the way down on take off then raise as you gain speed. Usually the deeper the jackplate the more chine walking will occur. With the boat setup in that video, that prop likes to run down deep when running a fully tourney load. Its sweet spot is 2" up on the plate, too high I will lose water pressure as well as speed and just throw big rooster tails only doing 60 mph. Most of that video was at cruising speed 50 - 60mph, I only open it up towards the end for a few seconds. When I want to run fast the plate is up higher and 95% of the hull is out of the water. I dont trust the suction cup mount enough to leave it there when running all out.

Ryan Pagano tether your Gopro with a rope. The suction cup mount sucks, especially with all that vibration. Make sure the rope extends past the outboard, so it doesn't hit it if it falls off- you will avoid damaging your cowl that way.

I had it attached to the console as well with 100lb mono. I do not trust the suction cup mount that much. The insurance line has saved me a couple times

hes doing it backward lol you have it correct, you jack it up

Each boat behaves different

Anyone getting the lower cowl that submerged is asking for water hydrauliced cylinders.!!

not a silly question, i'm trying to learn too

@@salimsopari The thrust of the prop is everything important,,, on launch you want it as deep in the water as possible and as you get on top and gain speed you raise it for less friction. When running wide open throttle you want it so high that half of the lower unit and propeller are out of the water. This is called surface piercing and the boat runs most efficient at that point. A conventional I/O Inboard/Outdrive has 25% slip factor, a Surface Drive has 15% and lower. numbers will vary. If this boat is setup properly it will have 7-10% Slip Factor. Link to formula calculator; www.rbbi.com/folders/prop/propcalc.htm Notice the prop location of this Surface Drive at speed; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Of1RY4M8VqM.html Hope it helps.

@@robertjackson7590 wow thanks for the explanation!

@@salimsopari No problem,,,,,

geoff good way to foul some spark plugs.

That cowl seal isn’t water tight keep doing that will toast that engine

@@DIPOUTDOORSTV no it will not 😂😂😂😂😂

Fastest shes gone is 83 light but tournament load is high 70s

Probably the camera

I agree the engine does wobble

the engine is on rubber mounts that's why it moves around

yes it is

I beg to differ, stock from the factory this boat had a 10" manual jackplate. There are several gamblers out there with much larger plates than this, these boats love huge setback plates and have proven to increase performance over the smaller jackplates.

more setback allows the boat to "balance" on the pad, requiring less motor trim to keep the nose up. I think the motor needs to come up a few inches though, maybe requiring a new prop to run on the surface.

I seen a guy in Alabama with a 7 Foot jack plate! They called him Jack plate Jack on the lake!😂🤣😂🤣 He was all about the jack plate!