Manual Jack Plate

[ScottM]

As some of you may know, the transom setup on our 23 Sceptre is a little funky. The previous owner notched another 5" out of it to put on a single 25" motor, as the boat originally came with twins so the transom is 30". Because of this extra notch, the engine has never tilted all the way up - the cowling hits the splash well. Now that we're having a new (to us) Yamaha 225 put on, we want to get it all the way out of the water while at the slip. Unfortunately the Yami is a 25" as well, so filling the extra notch is not an option at the moment.

Soooooo, this is what we've decided to do:
http://www.rmind.com/jackplates.php?...0199.232.152.9

Have any of you had experience with manual jack plates? We went with the 8" set back, and with 4" of vertical travel, we should be able to dial this thing in to tilt the engine completely up and gain a little more performance as a side effect.