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Originally Posted by Bushwacker
Michael,
Capt. Terry is running basically the same motor (he has the HO version) on the same boat and his AV plate is on top of the water when it's 1 hole above flush with bottom, so about 3/4" up from bottom. So, unlike me, you should be able to raise the motor high enough without a jack plate! That $ would be better spent on a good 4B prop! Denny
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MInor correction: On my Seafari with ETEC 150 HO, the A/V plate is 1.5" above the keel (the best I can measure it on my Hitchhiker trailer with a thin aluminum strip between the keel and the trailer support). The engine is all the way up, on the 4th (bottom hole) and have about a 2.0" gap between the engine and the top of the transom. At 30 mph Skippertee recently observed my A/V plate as just right. I am running a 13.5" dia prop, a five blade QST5 which provided the steadiest wakeboard speed and about 5700 WOT RPM.