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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 406706" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p>If you are thinking you may need a long shaft based on a tape measure measurement from the transom to the bottom you would be incorrect. </p><p>A 15" transom measured that way will often be over 16" easily. The transom is at a 15 degree angle approximately. </p><p>You have to take a straight edge and lay it against the bottom of the boat, extend it several inches past the bottom and measure vertically from the edge of the transom to the straight edge.....you will have close to a 4" gap at the bottom. That is a true transom measurement.</p><p>Second....a 15" engine will almost never be exactly 15". To complicate matters, engine manufacturers will differ as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 406706, member: 3278"] If you are thinking you may need a long shaft based on a tape measure measurement from the transom to the bottom you would be incorrect. A 15" transom measured that way will often be over 16" easily. The transom is at a 15 degree angle approximately. You have to take a straight edge and lay it against the bottom of the boat, extend it several inches past the bottom and measure vertically from the edge of the transom to the straight edge.....you will have close to a 4" gap at the bottom. That is a true transom measurement. Second....a 15" engine will almost never be exactly 15". To complicate matters, engine manufacturers will differ as well. [/QUOTE]
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