My last two boats were funny about weight distribution. Had a Javelin bass boat that wouldn’t get on plane with a second person in the boat unless I had the front livewell filled. Adding a third person, someone had to hop on the front deck until it came out of the hole. Moving TM batteries up front solved that issue but eliminated almost all of my storage space so I moved them back. My 20’ aluminum Triton would jump out of the hole, but would porpoise without some weight redistributed up front. Moved a couple things forward and added 100lbs of weight up front for ballast and never again had an issue with it.

The subject of hydrofoils is a debated topics among fishermen, but I have personally benefited from them on my boats. I added an older stingray on a Johnson 115 and a newer design stingray on a Mercury 115 4-stroke. Both performed better with the fins mounted on my boats.