Bowrise, or inclination, affects several aspects of your boat’s ride and handling. The basic thing to remember is that if the bow is up, the stern is down—and vice versa. So, if you are navigating a ...

Safety, comfort and efficiency rank as the top three promises of good seamanship. Your boat’s trim—both fore and aft, and across the beam—affects this trinity. In turn, you can affect boat trim to ...

[Matt’s] boat had a trim plate that could be adjusted by hand. The problem with this setup is that the trim angle of a boat changes as you speed up or slow down. Last year he never really went over 35 ...