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<blockquote data-quote="LDUBS" data-source="post: 510923" data-attributes="member: 21536">The jackplate will allow you to mount the outboard higher than normal, which is kind of opposite your current issue.&nbsp;&nbsp; By doing that you have less motor in the water, shallower draft, and potential performance gains.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there is a rule of thumb about motor height vs jackplate set back.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t know what it is. For transom mounted motors, the target is for the anti-cavitation plate to be even with the bottom of the hull.&nbsp; The illustration below shows that.&nbsp; To achieve that you may or may not have to do more than close up the transom cut-out.&nbsp; In other words you might have to raise the transom above just removing the cut-out (does that make sense).&nbsp;&nbsp; If so, it is not really a problem.&nbsp; Just build it to get the motor to the height you need.&nbsp; &nbsp;[ATTACH=full]119107[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LDUBS, post: 510923, member: 21536"] The jackplate will allow you to mount the outboard higher than normal, which is kind of opposite your current issue. By doing that you have less motor in the water, shallower draft, and potential performance gains. I'm sure there is a rule of thumb about motor height vs jackplate set back. I just don't know what it is. For transom mounted motors, the target is for the anti-cavitation plate to be even with the bottom of the hull. The illustration below shows that. To achieve that you may or may not have to do more than close up the transom cut-out. In other words you might have to raise the transom above just removing the cut-out (does that make sense). If so, it is not really a problem. Just build it to get the motor to the height you need. [ATTACH type="full"]119107[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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