Andy may i ask as to why the longer boats , my boat is 43"and i had to shorten the struts to help get more prop weight to stop the boat lifting in the rear an spinning the boat along with a longer rudder, a bigger turn fin similar to Charlies and moved it forward about 1/2' inch. To me the longer boat would give the prop more leverage to lift the *** easier ,just wondering thats all, can understand the bigger sponsons as just ran the nats here in aussie and was bloody rough first time i have ever seen my boat stuff and blow off mind you didn't ease off the throttle one bit an always on the last lap bugger ,I only go to race rain ,hail or shine luv it ,Cheers Ace
Brett, I think you have the twin 67/84 boat with CMB 91's. The extra weight and power of the engines are the cause of you needing to make adjustments to improve handling. It is very rare for a twin SGX to stuff or blow off at any speed.
If you will simply slide the front sponsons forward about 2", you will gain the transom weight that you need and have a longer boat at the same time.
But when moving the sponsons forward be sure to move the fin back on the sponson about the same amount.
P.S. Charlie's new sponsons are not only bigger, they have less AoA than the original set. The end result is to run smoother on rough water and still support the weight of big engines and fuel tanks.