Keeping the bow down on a 14 ft carolina skiff?

I wakeskate behind my 14 ft carolina skiff with a 15 hp motor. It takes a while to get up behind it because the driver has to run up to the front to get the bow down. What should I use to keep the bow down so it will get on plane faster?|||get 3 or 4" pvc with end caps. cut to size for storing in your bow. Take them to your local tire store and fill them with lead weights for tires. glue the end caps on the tubes. Place them in your bow where the weight is needed. It may not be enough weight but a 4" tube about 2' long will hold a lot of weight if you pack em tight.If you've got room for 3 or 4 you should be ok.|||I understood very little of what you said, all I could recognize was skiff and plane. Therefore, if you want to plane in your skiff but are afraid of your bow going to far up (called aft helm [bad]) you have to plane with your bow partly up. To plane, you are required to ride a wave, whilst sheeting in as your midship goes under the wave, making the boat go faster while being more out of the water. I suggest that one of the crew sheets in at the bow whilst the skipper remains his steering position (he should be heading up) and your boat will properly plane.





If the skipper is also the crew, then you will need to sheet in from the stern of the boat, dont worry, the stern will go down once you have planed.|||I'm sure that your 15 HP mounts to the transom with two clamps that you tighten by hand. You can try building a "spacer" plate that would cause the motor to tilt rearward. Meaning, the lower end of the motor (prop) would move forward towards the boat bottom. This would cause more lift in the back of the boat and bring the bow down much quicker. I would try a pc. of 3/4 plywood and go from there. 3/4 " difference at the motor mounts would probably translate into the prop getting 3-4" closer at the bottom.