18sf tailheavy boat 1977

[Snookerd]

A Potter 18 with a carbed 2 stroke 150 is great and should do well. Everything that has been said is spot on by Denny, uncle Boo, 76red, and Mark. I suspect that if you have foam still in your stringers (factory) that it may be full of water unless your just getting used to how an 18 sits. Pictures will tell me if it is water logged.

[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.