For the last 3 years I have been trying to get the bow up. I moved the batterys to the very back, played with trim settings, big block high lift propellers, more power, and no gas in the tank and nothing!!! I now know about the hooking in the hull which would give the boat a better ride "bow down" But light boats can never have a nice ride we just want to go fast. I wonder how thick the last 6 inches of the hull is because to do it at all one needs to take the 4 hooks out without to much filler. Red must remove to hooks because his boats shoot for the moon and I like. 1/4 inch I think is to much to remove, does anybody take the hooks out and if so how did you do it. Thanks Gordy