[Trayder]

In an ideal world, it would be nice to re-do the transom to 25-30 inches when you are re-powering.


reasons are:

1: Maufactures are offering fewer and fewer engines with 20" shafts

2: General consensus is the higher the transom the better off oyou are safteywise.

we do not, unfortunatly, live in a perfect word there fore you have some choices

1: redo the transom to 25 - 30" and get aftermarket shaft extenders for you current engine (costwise 300-500 per engine more)

2: re do it to 20" now and use jackplates later

3: Band aid you current transom with a SS ort alum plate and do it up when you re-power

Non-counter engines will be fine with Hyd. steering but the boat will tend to skew of slightly in one direction.