i grew up fishing out of a '69 20' cc with a 200 long shaft evinrude attached to a homebuilt alluminum transom gusset/extension. somehow i ended up with two 18' cc boats while looking for a twenty. i have noticed that the 18' i have does seem to ride a little "heavy" in the bow, whereas i recall having quite a few concrete blocks in the front of dad's twenty
just so it would plane out.
btw...please over look my poor terminology on some items as i have only recently come back to out board powered cc's after ten years of inboard skiboats and rock crawlers(we have two seasons where i live)