Bought my first boat- 2000 Rinker Vee 242 - Slow Plane

Sprint07

Hi everyone I found this site after doing some online searches for my boat, and I'm glad I did. Lots of good info on here!
Anyways this is my very first boat, it's a 2000 Rinker Vee 242 with a 5.0L carb. It's a very nice clean boat and I'm lovin it so far! My only issue has been the time it takes to plane. After my first few trips out I wasn't very impressed as I could not get it to plane. I had the power tabs all the way down, and engine trim down as well, still wouldn't plane. The motor seemed to be running rough (vibrating, no rpm) so I had a mechanic stop by and he changed plugs, added some sea foam, changed fuel filters and it seems to run better now. We took it for a test and it planed out no problem with just us 2. The next day I had some friends come out (7 people total) and it would not plane unless I had people move to the front. So I'm just wondering if there are any ways to help the time it takes to plane? I have read a lot and it seems to me I have to focus on getting weight forward and maybe take a look into the prop I have. The boat came with 2 but I'm not sure which one is on it as I have the boat at a slip. There is a swim platform hanging off the back which I'm sure isn't helping much. It has trim tabs already and I was looking into the fin that bolts to the outdrive. Any other tips or tricks for a quick plane?  Thanks!

Willhound

Sounds like the tune up helped. 7 people  is a lot of weight to get on plane with that boat and engine regardless of what mods you attempt. I'm not a fan of the bolt on fins but maybe somebody that has tried them can comment. 
Oh.. and welcome to the forum!

Dream_Inn

Welcome to the forum!  7 people is quite a bit for that size boat & wouldn't surprise me if you had to move people forward.  Only other thing I could think of may be the bottom.  Is the bottom clean?

Sprint07

Dream_Inn said:

Welcome to the forum!  7 people is quite a bit for that size boat & wouldn't surprise me if you had to move people forward.  Only other thing I could think of may be the bottom.  Is the bottom clean?

Yes it's only been in the water for 4 days and it was polished clean before I put it in.

Lake_Bum

That motor, for that size boat is marginal with a full load.  Propping will help you a little, but you need to make sure you don't over rev the rpm's.  Do a little research on your specific engine, what the max rpm ranges are, then keep an eye on what you are currently getting out of it.  
Unfortunately, a bigger engine is going to be the only way to truly get the power  you need.  Boat companies routinely sell boats that are pretty underpowered for their size.