by Hippie459MN » Dec 19, 2022 8:37 am
Yes, in a performance boat such as the Hydrostream, putting a gas tank up front is absolutely stupid. The reason is, it is not static weight so if you have a full tank up front and the bow is really heavy, it could either handle very poor, then when the gas tank is fairly empty, the bow will be really light and the boat handle like a champ, and vice versa. Rule of thumb is, if the boat need weight up front, sand bags or relocate the battery up front so you keep static weight up there. Hydrostreams tend to favor all the weight you can get in the rear anyways but sometimes you need to get some up front too, and that is when you should use static weight, not weight that is always a variable.
Yes, in a performance boat such as the Hydrostream, putting a gas tank up front is absolutely stupid. The reason is, it is not static weight so if you have a full tank up front and the bow is really heavy, it could either handle very poor, then when the gas tank is fairly empty, the bow will be really light and the boat handle like a champ, and vice versa. Rule of thumb is, if the boat need weight up front, sand bags or relocate the battery up front so you keep static weight up there. Hydrostreams tend to favor all the weight you can get in the rear anyways but sometimes you need to get some up front too, and that is when you should use static weight, not weight that is always a variable.