I personally didn't like the trophy worth two poops. It wouldn't lift my boat and personally I thought it sucked all around. If you want to come out for our IL river run on July 21 you can try mine out. I got a feeling a 26 Fury is going to be a bit much for a 200 on a 209... but then again, my 209 with the 225 needs more prop. I'm not suprised you are loosing a few MPH. I hardly ever have mine loaded (mostly just a run around boat) but when I got the livewells full and a bunch of crap in the boat my RPM drops about 400-500... not sure what that is in MPH but it's substantial.
Herk, too much bow lift....??? Is there such a thing? lol
Nick