Rybones, if you notice the starboard is actually 1/2" above the bottom of the hull. You do not want to extend the hull. You want the water to come off the bottom of the hull and start to rise as soon as possible. This makes it so that you can position the transducer just a little bit higher since the extra 3/4" of setback lets the water rise that much further before it hits the transducer. What I mean by a little bit, my experience was about 1/8" higher. With that said the transducer at it's lowest as it relates to the hull(in my case the right side) is still about 1/2 the thickness of the transducer below the hull. If I would have had more time I would have looked for a piece or 1" thick starboard instead of the 3/4" just to gain that little extra rise in water off the hull. But all in all I am very happy that it performs the way it does.
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