Welcome back John,

That's a good looking rig you've got there. I got to believe it's going to run once you get it tweaked in. I noticed you said you were running a 60x25 prop. That's a bit larger than what I see most VW motors running. What cc is that motor? I can see a dual carb set-up.....

The pictures you posted look exactly how my Tomcat looked when in the water. Sits low in the rear, runs low in the rear. I've got mine apart now and I'm stripping every bit of excess weight out of it I can. I weighed my motor stand, engine and oil cooler and it came up to 230lbs. without the exhaust attached. I'm learning that's a lot of weight for the hp it delivers.

I'm looking forward to seeing your boat progress!

Bruce