hi Paul,
sorry to hyjack your thread with funnies, a very intresting idea ,it should aid the boat to plane if you have enough power,although as said you,ve done it to reduce "squot" .no dought you,ve read this ,but here,s a link to some intresting reading if anybodys intrested.
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-d ... 33936.html
Nice job and thanks for sharing