There are no guarantees in life, but it's possible that if you'd bought this
motor from a dealer, he might've asked you about transom height. How about
selling the motor and starting from scratch. Your boat was free, so you can
take it in the ass financially to some extent, and still not be in too much
pain when you finally end this fiasco.


"Tom" wrote in message
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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.