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Cavitation plate 2 inches below transom, worth raising?
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<blockquote data-quote="EddiePA" data-source="post: 361502" data-attributes="member: 14526"><p>Lowering it an inch below the bottom of the transom (like you did), as I see it, is the only way to go as raising the outboard further, I believe, will worsen my current issues. I gotta say, if that doesn't make a dramatic improvement over what I started with without the jack plate, IMHO, it just isn't worth going through the trouble of buying and installing the thing on a boat this size and it's intended purpose (fishing in smaller lakes). I have a feeling I'm still going to have porpoising issues even after I lower it an inch as it being set back 4 inches is just too much leverage on this little (12ft) boat. Perhaps on a longer boat, say at least 14ft, the set back might help. Not convinced it's an attribute on something this small, however.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EddiePA, post: 361502, member: 14526"] Lowering it an inch below the bottom of the transom (like you did), as I see it, is the only way to go as raising the outboard further, I believe, will worsen my current issues. I gotta say, if that doesn't make a dramatic improvement over what I started with without the jack plate, IMHO, it just isn't worth going through the trouble of buying and installing the thing on a boat this size and it's intended purpose (fishing in smaller lakes). I have a feeling I'm still going to have porpoising issues even after I lower it an inch as it being set back 4 inches is just too much leverage on this little (12ft) boat. Perhaps on a longer boat, say at least 14ft, the set back might help. Not convinced it's an attribute on something this small, however. [/QUOTE]
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