[Rybones]

Just raised my transom to 25" on my 74 20SF. Attached new CNC jack-plate to my 1994 Erude 150 and dry fit it to transom to determine cav-plate to be 1" above straight line off hull bottom, even added 1/2" more for the 6" setback provided by the JP and marked my height and then did hole/template layout. Drilled my engine mount holes approximately 2" below new transom height,measured from bottom, got it all pretty darn perfect with engine and jack-plate mounted for height, centered and level. However, I go to mount my Hydraulic steering (SeaStar) and it doesn't fit because it needs to hang down and with the 6" setback now the JP and the top of the transom are now in the way. Yes, I could raise the JP and keep it raised to solve the problem but then i'm out of optimal deep water running height and in ultimately it just diminishes and defeats the purpose of having a JP and the versatility it was meant to provide. This is not a "why do you need a JP conversation",I'm just hoping someone has run into this before and has a fully functioning work around for this. Currently I have removed the JP and am continuing rigging without, but hope that eventually with the proper solution I can use the shiny new high-speed JP I bought 4 months ago. (because my transom was only going to take me a month..)