Thanks guys for all of the replies.
Madmax: That is interesting that your boat sits even more bow heavy with the bracket, Your bracket must be buent. If I was going to do this then I guess that I would need to pick a bracket that has absolutely no buency. My e-mail is
lost2a6@cableone.net
abl1111:I have thought of adding weight. I tried doing this when I re did the transom. I went with less wood and more glass. I ended up using almost 15 gal. of resin. This helped some with the addition of the jack plate. It wouldn't take much weight, I can sit on the engine and the water will run out good. I weigh 170 lbs. I just hate to add weight to an already heavy ass under powered boat. In a way I hate the idea of twins because of double the maintance and the fear of burning more fuel. I get 2.3 MPG right now at 30 MPH. (4200-4300 RPM) I think what the problem is the front deck is soo heavy with it's ¾” plywood and 3/8” glass on top and bottom of the wood.
Again thanks for all of the replys, I really wanted to make sure that I didn't have water trapped some where.