robinoquawka
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Hey fellas. Just found the site today and I think it's great. I don't have any pictures of my boat yet, but when I get started working on it I'll be sure and post. I have a 1977 16' Polarkraft jon. I got it on trade from a friend of mine. No motor came with it. 2 years ago , I ran a 1986 Merc 9.9 on it. It did fine if we were puttin around in the back waters on the Mississippi, but I needed something bigger. I came across a deal on a 1984-1985? Evinrude 50 horse for $400. Runs good. One big problem though: My boat is a short transom, motor is a long shaft. The only time we had it out last year, it cavitated so much water over the transom that we nearly sank. So here is my situation. I can either build up the transom or I can switch the motor over to short shaft. What do you think? Which one would be easier? The transom could use some work but I think it might be easier to fix it than to build it up. Any advice anyone could give me would be great. :beer: :beer: