Do the really sit that high ?

[Highcentered]

I recently added a 36" jackplate so now my 190 is about 22 feet long.

LOL.

[R2Tracker]

I recently added a 36" jackplate so now my 190 is about 22 feet long.

Talk about bow high, how far below the waterline does that put your transom?

[turbocoupe]

That was a joke. You could not see the sarcasm in the way I typed my letters? LOL

[Highcentered]

That was a joke. You could not see the sarcasm in the way I typed my letters? LOL

I knew it was a joke. Doubt your transom could handle that PLUS a 150hp for very long. Isn't that boat rated for a 115 or was it like the 175 from about that time and rated for higher hp for a year or two?

[R2Tracker]

That was a joke. You could not see the sarcasm in the way I typed my letters? LOL

The joke was understood... Since this thread was about Trackers being bow high at rest, I suspect having the motor 3' behind the transom would not only raise the bow even higher, the back deck would likely be wet as well.

[turbocoupe]

I knew it was a joke. Doubt your transom could handle that PLUS a 150hp for very long. Isn't that boat rated for a 115 or was it like the 175 from about that time and rated for higher hp for a year or two?

She is rated for 135. Which is exact same as a 150, just detuned.

[Highcentered]

She is rated for 135. Which is exact same as a 150, just detuned.

Oh ok. Like people hopping up their 75hp Opti on the 175.

[turbocoupe]

Oh ok. Like people hopping up their 75hp Opti on the 175.

Well not exactly. I bought an actual 150.

[justsomeguy]

Having owned a Ranger RT188 and now a Tracker I will attest to the fact that the Tracker rides better under way from the outboard, way better. Having said that I would take my Ranger with the 70# Edge TM over my current Tracker with an 80# I5 motorguide any day. The Ranger fishes better, the Tracker rides better. I would fish either in 15-20 as here in N. Texas all the F'ing wind does is blow, so if you don't like wind you would never fish.

[Highcentered]

The lake I fish mostly seems to always be rolling since it's literally built in a wind tunnel in the mountains. This is what pushed me over to the Tracker I bought over the Crestliner/Ranger/Triton with similar specs. I look across the lake all the time at slap happy boats and think (glad I'm not in that one). It's not how much a boat moves while underway in my opinion. It's how soft the landing is that matters.