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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 517286" data-attributes="member: 3278">Well  your situation would be the exception and not the norm, wouldn't it? OMC sold probably over a million of these little engines from around 1953 onward and they do perfectly fine. OMC engineering did not design the trim range to bring the prop within a half inch of the water surface at the end of the trim range, you can be assured of that.  A 14' boat has more inherent buoyancy than a 12' boat does so there should have been no reason for the prop to be that close unless you were loaded very bow heavy. Have run bunches of these engines on various boats and at some of our antique outboard meets we have fun and hold 3hp races. The point of this reply is to ask that we not discourage someone on a quest with a one-off exception to the norm situation. Thanks for your indulgence! </blockquote>