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What do "Jack Plates" do?
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Are they simply to get the engine higher? If so, why not just mount it higher? It's a little more complicated than just setting the engine higher (or lower for that matter) but that is a reason. Jack plates come in two flavors - fixed mechanical and movable hydraulic. The fixed mechanical type is used exactly for the reason you mentioned - to set the engine either higher or lower depending on needs. For example, my Ranger bay boat is a 'tweener. The specs call for a 20" shaft, but due to the design of the hull, 20" shaft isn't exactly correct 22" would be more sufficient. Well, well, well...a 20" transom on that Ranger. Now isn't *that* interesting. |
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