can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

[69GlassparMan]

I have a 1969 glasspar citation. It has a merc tower of power long shaft on it. I was given a 15hp force I want to use for kicker. My question is will it work. The cavitation area is below water line due to V of bottom of boat. I would like to buy a connector rod to hook both motors toghther since they will be close on transom.<br />Thanks

 

[fishingdan]

Re: can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

Will you mount it on a bracket or simply on the transom?<br /><br />As long as the engine gets sufficient water for cooling (all of the time) it should work for you. <br /><br />I saw all of the time because it needs to be deep enough so that the water intakes are never out of the water (need to consider waves and boat movement).<br /><br />Mounting it on a bracket that will allow you to raise and lower it is probably the best and safest method.

 

[roscoe]

Re: can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

It didn't work very well for me.<br />Although the lower unit was in the water, the front of the prop was blocked by the hull.<br />Could not get any thrust.<br />Prop would ventilate at speeds above 1.7 mph.<br /><br />Mounting a kicker bracket helped somewhat, but created new problem of the motor being too far back to easily operate. <br /><br />I now have a long shaft kicker. Prop is completely below the hull. Made a world of a difference.

 

[69GlassparMan]

Re: can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

Thanks. My motor even if mounted on transom would have prop below bottom of boat. From the angle I see, the cavitation plate would be about even with bottom becasue where motor would mount and axis the bottom of boat is more shallow becasue of the V"

 

[dajohnson53]

Re: can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

if you have it, why not just give it a try?<br /><br />edit - (sent too soon). Meant to say, give it a try and let us know what you find out. I'm trying to decide what will work on my transom without a bracket and I'd be interested in how it works.

 

[tommays]

Re: can a shorty kicker be used on a long saft transom

i did it on a sailboat until the time i really needed it and barely got away with it<br /><br />it was in plenty deep for most stuff just not enough for that one bad day <br /><br /><br />at which point i bought a long shaft the NEXT day<br /><br />tommays