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    Boat leaning to left when a have a partner in the boat.

    Hydra sports 196 with Johnson 175. My boat will lean hard to the left when even turning a slight amount to the left and want to poropoise in turns and at slow speeds when I have larger partner with me. Any ideas to help this problem?

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    #2
    weight is killer with a bass boat,Trim down and the porpising will stop.All the weight is in the rear of these boats,the two methods that control porposing is to speed up,or trim down.

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    #3
    That could actually be "bow steer" from too little trim. Right handed prop will thrust boat to left (port). Trim a little at a time until it corrects. Trim is also relative to speed. In general, more speed, more trim.

    Joe Perez
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    #4
    Adjust your trim tab!!!

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    #5
    My Hydra sports does the same thing and as soon as I trim up it levels off. It also wants to porpoise when going slow unless I am trimmed way down.