When I got my boat (used obviously), it came with a customized skeg on the motor along with a trashed prop in the rod locker. I carefully, with a block of wood and small hammer, got the skeg relatively straightened out, but it is missing about an inch and a half off the bottom... Smoothed out the rough edges with a file and slapped some paint on it.

Boat runs well, but does some strange things and was wondering if it is related to the missing lower skeg - only happens when running by myself WFO.

Background info so you can make an educated guess

No plate, mounted on the second from top hole, 23 worked (Mark) Tempest Plus, achieving max recommended rpms and have seen 61.9 mph.. Not an overly loaded boat, and a balanced weight-to-the-rear load.

Symtoms - once in a while the rear end kicks out a bit to starboard while up on pad, skeery the first time, but not so bad after a few! Also, sometimes when you hit that last bit of trim and feel the air under your feet, it flops over bad to the port side, and in a hurry Full livewells/partner and it is on rails, but probably not aired out...

I can drive to prevent walking fairly good (have had the boat about 2 years), but still learning every time out. Maybe I am just getting it up to its limits more often and still behind the learning curve, who knows

Gosh, this got long...sorry.

Is being skeg-challenged causing this?

Thanks for any and all input - Love my Champ - Rob