Just make sure you can get the prop deep enough in the water for all weather
conditions, including big following seas where the prop could come out of the
water from wave action. I would not run it extra deep for calmer sea conditions,
as that would not be an efficient way to run it, in that case. Being able to raise
and
lower the engine prop in running conditions has certain advantages. At certain
depths the prop is more subject to picking up weeds or hitting submerged rocks.

Sherwin D.

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sherwindu wrote:
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sherwindu wrote:
This year I installed a Garelick lifter for my Yamaha 9.9 high thrust
4 stroke. It is a somewhat heavy (100 lb.) engine, and thus the
necessity for an assisted lifter.

Does yours a fully-manual-motor-lifter or a hydraulic-assisted /
manually-operated motor-lifter?

It is a manual lifter. I am getting into the 'golden years', but find that I
can
still raise and lower the 100 lb. Yamaha with my Garelick. I did buy a
special
tool to give me leverage in tilting the engine out of the water, and that
saves
a lot of strain on the back.

I see that Garelick has a
hydraulic-assisted / manually-operated motor-lifter. But I am not sure
how well it works considering the fact that I have a "container" (box)
right in front of the kicker. If I used a manually operated motor
lifter, that "container" would get in the way when I tried to lift the
motor up, and I would have to bending my back in an awkward angle.
That is the reason why I want the powered trim option.

Other options would be to mount the engine on the opposite side of the
stearn where there is more clearance. You can also shim out the Garelick,
as I did, to give you more clearance.



What I did to support the engine was buy a big piece of stainless
steel plating, which I used as a backing plate for the Garelick.
This distributes the load across a larger area of the transom.

Thanks for the suggestion of using a SS backing plate. How thick the
backing plate do you need for your 9.9hp motor?

I probably did an overkill on this, but I don't remember the exact thickness.

It was pretty hefty stuff, and required some hardened drill bits to get
through it.



... I also was worried about the engine hitting the transom when
fully tilted up. ...

I don't quite understand. Why do you need to tilt up the motor? If
your motor lifter is going to lift the motor straight up and down
vertically, it should not need to be tilted up, and it should never hit
the transom, right?

Even with the 11 1/2 inch lift range of the Garelick, I could not position
the engine
to both get it low in the water for following sea conditions, and also get
the prop
completely out of the water . Maybe my transom is higher than yours? I also
find
that it is easier to do maintenance and/or repair on the engine when it is
tilted up.
In the up position, the shims I added keep the engine from hitting the
transom
when it is tilted upwards. I also have the long shaft model Yamaha, which
would
make a completely vertical operation harder to do.

Sherwin D.

Jay Chan

Thanks for the follow-up.

I have pretty much decided on extending the transom upward and mounting
the kicker onto the extended transom. Then, I will need to tilt the
kicker up instead of lifting it up vertically. In other words, I will
not use the motor bracket from Garelick.

Jay Chan