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Transom height vs shaft length
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<blockquote data-quote="BrayD" data-source="post: 505490" data-attributes="member: 24554"><p>My apologies if this has been beaten to death. I keep reading that short shaft boats have a 15" tall transom and ideal running conditions place the motor plate essentially level with the bottom of the boat. </p><p></p><p>My short shaft boat measures very close to 15" at the transom. I have a couple short shaft motors in the shop and they both measure far longer than 15" from the transom top to the motor plate. </p><p></p><p>Why the discrepancy? This is a '57 18hp Johnson, but there's a '96 Mercury sitting next to it that measures very similar.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117349[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrayD, post: 505490, member: 24554"] My apologies if this has been beaten to death. I keep reading that short shaft boats have a 15" tall transom and ideal running conditions place the motor plate essentially level with the bottom of the boat. My short shaft boat measures very close to 15" at the transom. I have a couple short shaft motors in the shop and they both measure far longer than 15" from the transom top to the motor plate. Why the discrepancy? This is a '57 18hp Johnson, but there's a '96 Mercury sitting next to it that measures very similar. [ATTACH type="full"]117349[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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