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May 13, 2017 at 3:52 am
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bBuc,
Your comment about the sandbag makes me nervous. I use a 6 gallon water jug for ballast. The water has a neutral buoyancy in case of an upset. The sand does not and may compound an otherwise bad situation.
quote Buccaneer:
I looked at the motor mounting on my boat this morning.
To get the center line of the motor “square” with the bottom
of the boat, as in Steve’s photo, I had to move the tilt pin
up one notch.
Seeing how the motor won’t plane the boat and hence the bow
rides up in the air, am I making matters worse by raising
the tilt pin a notch? Or will the new geometry make it
want to come closer to planning, and bow down lower?
I put a 50 – 60 pound sand bag in the bow this morning,
so I probably won’t know the real results unless I take it out.
I also raised the motor up 1/4″ as the anti-cav plate was
close to two inches below the bottom of the boat.
I can’t go any higher than that, so it’ll have to do.
Didn’t get to test run it today, so I’ll be trying it out
on fishing opener tomorrow!
To get the center line of the motor “square” with the bottom
of the boat, as in Steve’s photo, I had to move the tilt pin
up one notch.
Seeing how the motor won’t plane the boat and hence the bow
rides up in the air, am I making matters worse by raising
the tilt pin a notch? Or will the new geometry make it
want to come closer to planning, and bow down lower?
I put a 50 – 60 pound sand bag in the bow this morning,
so I probably won’t know the real results unless I take it out.
I also raised the motor up 1/4″ as the anti-cav plate was
close to two inches below the bottom of the boat.
I can’t go any higher than that, so it’ll have to do.
Didn’t get to test run it today, so I’ll be trying it out
on fishing opener tomorrow!