One sexy bote! Still working on my scepter 20 but been slow due to all-star baseball season with the boy.

Is that a flush/pop-up cleat you have on the bow for the electric motor strap ?

Strick,
Looks like a brand new boat. Just beautiful.
Dave

The boat looks sweet! I'm glad the Solas prop worked for you.

Is the spray coming from the tub or the foot of the motor. I couldn't get my motor high enough due to my bracket being too low, so I added a 4" manual jack plate. I have it dialed in good now:D My bracket has a 26" setback, plus 4" for the jack plate puts me at 30" setback. My best measurement puts the A/V plate 4.25" above the keel.

I have a dol-fin mounted on my A/V plate. When I'm running, I can see the dol-fin is above the main flow of water, but there is lots of spray coming from the leading edge of the lower unit. Is this just a characteristic of these motors mounted on a bracket? BTW, my tub is about 1" above the flow of water.

Your performance #'s look good, so don't a little spray drive you crazy;)

Enjoy your boat:)

Lloyd

Wow, you sure do nice work!!!

Congrats!

Thanks fellas. The tie down for the trolling motor is not a pop up cleat but that would have been a good idea had I thought of it. I measured the bracket tonight and it's 2 3/4" above the bottom of the boat. I have a 24" set back. I may have to go with a jack plate as the spray is coming from the lower unit. Trimming the motor all the way up definitely reduces a lot of the spray but it's still a little too much for my liking. My A/V plate is only 2 inches above the keel and the motor is as high as it will go so I think I'm going to have to go the jack plate route. I like how the bracket is providing flotation but in retrospect I should have mounted it a little higher. The boat does not porpoise very much even when the motor is trimmed all the way up probably due to the fact that I've got 3 batteries, trolling motor a 3 bank battery charger and gear in the forward storage areas. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. She rides like a smooth tank for such a little boat. And she's turning lots of heads....... almost as much as my yellow 20sf did :)

strick

Strick,
Pretty much everything you have said is whats is happening to me.
I have the spray down, it only happens when getting on plane and at slower speeds.
Porposing is minimal, boat like's trim tabs.
I still have some more dialing in to do to be totally happy.
:-(

"Almost." :p :D

Lets face it Paul...... there is something sexy about a center consel boat with a nice round butt. :)

strick

I'm with ya, Chuck. I'm an ass man, too. Hell, I like it all. But I do love a nice, round backside. IIRC, your yellow boat has a SWEET ass. :D