I'm also concerned about the steering if I do that. It seems it would be a
big mess to re-route the steering mechanism since it's all set for where it
is. I guess nobody said boating was easy!


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:14:27 -0700, "Tom"
wrote:

Does anyone have advice for a newbie motorboat owner who is learning a lot
in the last few weeks from mistakes??

Look around for a used transom bracket to hang off the stern. It will
actually help in that it increases the length of the boat by a couple
of feet (not in terms of actual space, but water line length -
difficult to explain) and you will be able to set the proper height
for the engine.

Or swap the engine for another.