Cougar FTD bow rise

[scoop9384]

New owner of a 2022 BCB Cougar FTD.  My question is why does the bow raise so steep at takeoff?  The boat planes quickly.   I do not have any weigh in tackle up front.  Batteries & fuel tanks in the stern.

 

When I add my tackle to the front storage areas, will the bow rise decrease?

[Will Hesch]

Scoop, anytime the majority of the weight of a boat is in the back, in your case, the far-back, bow rise will be noticeable more so than boats with the under-seat tank like our Caracal. The forward weight diminishes bow rise for us, and our hole shot is very fast when the tank is 1/2 full to full.

The good news is, your boat will be faster, once it’s out of the hole, than comparable boats with more weight forward, six of one, a half dozen of another…

To answer your question, adding weight forward will decrease the time for the boat to plane from a stand-still.

 

[Bass Cat Boats]

Three things help that; a smaller or different propeller, weight forwards and hydraulic plates by raising the engine and lowering it for operation.

[jackandted]

Hi,  What prop are you running.  I assume you are at a 25 or 24 Fury.  The 24 with 1 hole plugged is my setup.  If you have a manual jackplate as I do do you can raise the motor a bit, 1/4 to 3/8 and it will help on hole shot.  Adding tackle to front storage will help as stated above probably helps the most if you have not run it fully loaded.  A few small tweaks will bring the nose down and still keep the speed on full plane.

[scoop9384]

Thank you guys.  Placing my rods/reels and tackle in the boat improved it some.  Utilizing the jack plate is the key for my boat.

Yes, prop is the Fury 24.  Thank y’all

[“LTL CAT”]

I have the same boat 22 Cougar FTD.  Jackplate on 10 for out of the hole then drop to 7 to run seems to be best for me.  I’m running 75 mph with a heavy load and 2 250lb guys.

[Bass Cat Boats]

7 is too high on the jackplate for normal operation. We tend to run them almost all the way down.

[scoop9384]

Followup on my original post.  The Cougar gets out of the hole extremely quickly now that I have learned how she likes.  I raise my motor with the jack plate a little and lower it as I take off.  Works great.

 

The top end speed will probably never be utilized by me.  70 ~ 73 mph is plenty fast for me.

 

Thank you BC for a great boat.

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