Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately my boat lives in the water 3 hours away. My jack plate is set up 3 holes up and is manual, but I will try and see if I can raise it. I do suspect that the boat is heavy but won’t be able to weigh it until I pull it out of the water in December.
I purchased a 1989 22’ classic that was customized in the following ways. An aluminum cockpit was added. It had an armstrong bracket installed. It came with 115 hp Mercury Command Thrust 4 stroke with 25” shaft. I felt it was just struggling to come up on plane. So I added a 13 3/4” X 15”...