Re: HUGE PROJECT!! 30' Scarab Sport overhual
COLOBIKER, on that note i would like everyone viewing this thread to turn there attention to my other post in "prop questions" and see if anyone can put my nerves at ease.....
The question is regarding why we raise the outboards on the bracket as we go back from the transom. I fully don?t understand why???, not to mention i am worried that the water pickups on my lower unit are going to be too high....as you look at the photos in my other thread you will see that the last photo shows it best...when you put a straight edge on the hull i find the bottom of the boat falls right in the middle of my water pickups on the lower units.....does this mean the motors are too high? i have a 25 inch set back bracket and i tried to mount my AV plate 5'' higher than the bottom of the hull (relative to where the lower units fall on the hull). With that being said, i fully don?t even understand why i had to do this? And now that the motors are actually on the boat i have found that my AV plate is 6'' above the bottom of the hull, not the 5'' that i was supposed to get "mathematically"= 25'' set back; RATIO 5 to 1 = 5 inches up from bottom of hull, can anyone help explain why the heck we do this and PLEASE tell me the bracket is at the right height!!!!!!!
Colo, to answer your question the motor on the right is trimmed level, while the left motor is trimmed all the way down, just an illusion.
