My family has a 7.5 Evinrude that I used for years and it had a feature on it for running in shallow water, essentially a higher trim setting than you can accomplish with the pin holes on the outboard. Here's a pic of it, it's a weird angle, but you can get the idea at least.
7.5 by Photo 144, on Flickr
I loved this feature, and on my current boat (details in signature) I have an evinrude 40 hp without power trim and I miss this setting when cruising slowly in shallow water where there may be hazards. Basically I am stuck using my trolling motor and tilting up the outboard all the way. I have been trying to figure out how to make something that would accomplish this for a while.
Today I was cruising craigslist and I saw this outboard for sale that had a white bar on it just for this purpose. This is a painfully simple solution to my problem and I can't believe I didn't think of this on my own.
Shallow water drive by Photo 144, on Flickr
I would build this tonight, but I don't have a torch, or a source off hand for round stock that size. Ideally it would be stainless, but I don't know if it would be "springy enough to allow me to get it installed in the trim holes, and I don't know how hard it would be to bend stainless that size.
Does anyone know of a source for these if they are made somewhere? I've extensively googled it by using all the potential names I could think of and came up with nothing.
If not, would anyone here that has the proper equipment be interested in custom building one for me? I'd pay good money for a job well done. I'm sure there are a lot of folks on here that would find something like this useful and you may be able to get more orders. I'd be glad to show it in use.
7.5 by Photo 144, on Flickr
I loved this feature, and on my current boat (details in signature) I have an evinrude 40 hp without power trim and I miss this setting when cruising slowly in shallow water where there may be hazards. Basically I am stuck using my trolling motor and tilting up the outboard all the way. I have been trying to figure out how to make something that would accomplish this for a while.
Today I was cruising craigslist and I saw this outboard for sale that had a white bar on it just for this purpose. This is a painfully simple solution to my problem and I can't believe I didn't think of this on my own.
Shallow water drive by Photo 144, on Flickr
I would build this tonight, but I don't have a torch, or a source off hand for round stock that size. Ideally it would be stainless, but I don't know if it would be "springy enough to allow me to get it installed in the trim holes, and I don't know how hard it would be to bend stainless that size.
Does anyone know of a source for these if they are made somewhere? I've extensively googled it by using all the potential names I could think of and came up with nothing.
If not, would anyone here that has the proper equipment be interested in custom building one for me? I'd pay good money for a job well done. I'm sure there are a lot of folks on here that would find something like this useful and you may be able to get more orders. I'd be glad to show it in use.