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Part of it might be the small wake. I ride behind a 19' stratos 285 FS with a 175 hp outboard.
What I find to help is:
1) Once you get the boat on plane, increase the trim on the motor as high as posible without the prop comeing up.
2) Get as many people in the boat as possible. This will make the weight more (obviously), as well as give you heckelers incase you cant jump, they will scream at you untill you do. That always helps.
3) Being a Searay, I doubt you have livewells, but some Searays do. So if you have livewells, fill the back ones up all the way. Then fill up the front ones halfway. That gives great weight distrubution.
I was out this mourning for the first time this year. and after hearing about these tips, I tried it out. And HOLY CRAP!!! The wake was waist hight, given I'm short, about 5' 4", but OMG, I was scared just to cross over the wake, because on the way to the flats, theres about a 2 1/2 ft. drop!!!
So, try that out and see if it helps. I'm positive it will make the wake huge espesialy behind a Searay. If your still haveing problems, then its your technique and I don't have anything to say about that, because I just started 2 years ago, and just learning how to jump right now.
Good luck!
Dave
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