Zachb6

I know how to throttle up the boat I'm not that dumb haha I'll look on the prop hopefully tonight and let you know what I'm thinking Is a combination of too much weight in the back and too much prop

Hahaha how do you find that out I'm not totally sure?

It hasn't planed out because this was the first time I've put it on a lake without a speed limit and the engine does sound healthy and rpms sound fine when I step on it but now that I think of it I do have 3 batteries in the back of the boat and my anchor and I had a full livewell at the time so maybe I can move the anchor up front and take out a battery and see if that helps

Ok I'm going out later this week so I'll give it a try thanks for all the help and I'll report back hopefully with good news after I get onto the lake!

I'm not sure what the cavitation plate is haha new to boats this is my first real boat and the rpms are also unknown because the tac doesn't work

I have all the trim set right my dads had boats and tried to get it up to plane but it doesn't want to get up over the wave I'm almost wondering if it doesn't have enough prop or if it has too much prop

Ok so I've had my boat for a few months and some background it's a 1990 kingfisher 179v with a 1990 Suzuki 150hp two stroke motor and I've had it out many times and have loved the boat so far. The motor runs like a top I'm really impressed it starts right up it runs great but the one problem I have faced is the boat will not plane out. I have put the throttle to the floor and the bow gets extremely high in the air which I get is typical but it will never get onto plane and I'm wondering why this is happening.

I have a 1990 kingfisher 179v with a 150hp Suzuki and it runs like a top I'm very glad with it but in your instance if it's sat under a tree uncovered I'm sure the wood will probably be rotted, the electronics and wires could be shot from the rain water, no carpet like you said, unless he's gonna give you the boat for very very cheap I would just keep on looking -Zach