18sf tailheavy boat 1977

[bitsamonkey]

When I bought my 18 it had a carbed merc 150 and the 20" transom. It felt unsafe rigged like that. When I redid the boat the transom was raised, console moved forward, tank moved forward, batteries moved forward and a motor weighing 50 lbs less intalled. All of this transformed the boat. I would experiment with some serious weight in the bow if you're not going to do all of those things to your boat.