Well I recently decided to start playing with how I load my boat and made a bit of a discovery. Moved all of my heavy fishing stuff to the rear "plastics, weights, scent bottles ext. Well after doing this same conditions same amount of fuel same prop engine height ext picked up 3mph boat is a 21xl magnum with 225 25p tempest thats been worked. optipop. Assuming most of this is from the boat getting much better lift from all the weight being shifted off the bow I could physically feel a difference in how the boat picked up out of the water . Figured I would share my findings with you guys.