[take a potter]

Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle

That is the most technical part of doing one. Making the height right for the shaft length and keeping the floatation chamber and swim platform low to the water. I know you want to mount the bracket low as possible but when doing so the lower outboard mounting bolts will land about where the swim platform is. If not careful outboard mounting heights and overall bracket height you may end up with all four bolts above the platform or when you mount the motor high as the bottom bolts allow your engine is still to low in the water...

Fortunately, or some may say unfortunately, I am more about function than form. So I wonder if it would be unacceptable to have the platform stepped. The sides outside where the engine would be could be at the lower level, making getting on the swim platform feasible, and the middle could be stepped up allowing the lower bolts to miss the platform.