I bought a 19', 1993 Bass Cat with a 175 Evinrude Intruder. Motor seems strong and runs well once on plane but it takes an extremely long time to get out of the hole. I'll trim all the way down/in, get on the throttle, and just when the bow acts like it wants to come down the boat "sits" and acts like it's "stuck". Keeping the throttle open it will eventually (over what seems to be 20 to 30 seconds) it will gain speed and plane out.
I've tried adding a photo to show where the motor sits but it will not let me. The anti-ventilation fin is about 3 inches above the bottom of the boat. That seems high to me and thought it should be close to even with the bottom of the boat. It also is somewhat difficult to steer once on plane.
Some help here would be great!