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Calif Bill

"-rick-" wrote in message
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wrote:

Thanks in advance for measuring the clearance for me. No hurry. I
have a whole winter and next spring to shop for the kicker.

I have a question though: How do you get away from leaving the motor
down when you are towing the boat? Does your boat have a deep V hull?
I doubt that I can do this because mine is a semi-V hull and the boat
sits very low when it is on the trailer.

I'll get a measurement this weekend for you.

Trailering it down is possible because it doesn't extend below the bottom
enough to be a problem. It's only a 12 degree deadrise but the trailer
has it sitting high enough.

-rick-

I trailer with mine partway up. I learned from the guys trailering Baja,
and cut a length of PVC pipe and cut an opening down the side and it snaps
on to the piston rod, so the motor rides on the PVC instead of on the
piston.