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Alumacraft 1236 Project
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 379472" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Your planing issue is likely due to your cavitation plate being so far below the bottom of your boat - looks like you have a long shaft motor on a short transom based on the picture you posted looking at the motor mounted on the boat on the trailer. Pull up any outboard installation guide online and you'll see a diagram of what I'm talking about. Here's one I found for reference</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ml4V0Pb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Before you go dumping a bunch of $$$ on wire you might want to look into making a jack plate to close that gap up. 6hp is going to have a hard time planing a wide 12' boat especially with all that wood weight in it. Your front deck assembly while pretty is not light and transfers enough weight forward. I had a 5.5 Johnson on my 12' row boat, granted it was a V bottom not flat so it was a bit more of a plow, but it was all the motor could do to plane the boat with just me and a minimal amount of gear in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 379472, member: 13702"] Your planing issue is likely due to your cavitation plate being so far below the bottom of your boat - looks like you have a long shaft motor on a short transom based on the picture you posted looking at the motor mounted on the boat on the trailer. Pull up any outboard installation guide online and you'll see a diagram of what I'm talking about. Here's one I found for reference [img]https://i.imgur.com/ml4V0Pb.jpg[/img] Before you go dumping a bunch of $$$ on wire you might want to look into making a jack plate to close that gap up. 6hp is going to have a hard time planing a wide 12' boat especially with all that wood weight in it. Your front deck assembly while pretty is not light and transfers enough weight forward. I had a 5.5 Johnson on my 12' row boat, granted it was a V bottom not flat so it was a bit more of a plow, but it was all the motor could do to plane the boat with just me and a minimal amount of gear in it. [/QUOTE]
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