OOps! motor is too short

[sergioy]

Hey yall, I jus tbought an '81 Skeeter Mag last week. And one of the first things I noticed was that it rode really flat on the water. So I figured that the first chance I got I would adjsut the tilt ( or ist it trim) on the back of the motor. Well, I adjsuted it by two holes and put it in the water. As soon as I got going I figured out that I had trimmed it to far up. I was porpoising, well like a porpois. So as soon as I got ro a really shallow area I dropped it down one hole and it did a little better bust still too bouncy. So once I got home I went ahead and dropped the motor to its original psition. And that when I noticed that the motor was too short.<br />Now the boat runs just fine on the water, is ther anything I need to worry about.Or will this be OK?

 

[Moody Blue]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

Why do you think the motor is too short ?

 

[Selles]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

look a jackplate

 

[Solittle]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

Where is the cavitation plate relative to the bottom of the hull?

 

[Moody Blue]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

Hello ?

 

[sergioy]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

The cavitation plate is several inches higher than the bottom of the hull.<br />I've been using this boat now for a little over a week and have had to settle for the mottor being tilted all the way down. Its not too big a of a deal but except when there is any kind of a chop on the water. since the boat is running flat on the water I get beat up pretty good.

 

[crazy charlie]

Re: OOps! motor is too short

I have the name of a place that makes and sells shaft extension kits if you are interested.Charlie