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06-23-2013, 12:49 PM
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One sexy bote! Still working on my scepter 20 but been slow due to all-star baseball season with the boy.
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06-23-2013, 03:22 PM
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Strick,
Looks like a brand new boat. Just beautiful. Dave
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06-23-2013, 04:02 PM
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The boat looks sweet! I'm glad the Solas prop worked for you.
Is the spray coming from the tub or the foot of the motor. I couldn't get my motor high enough due to my bracket being too low, so I added a 4" manual jack plate. I have it dialed in good now  My bracket has a 26" setback, plus 4" for the jack plate puts me at 30" setback. My best measurement puts the A/V plate 4.25" above the keel.I have a dol-fin mounted on my A/V plate. When I'm running, I can see the dol-fin is above the main flow of water, but there is lots of spray coming from the leading edge of the lower unit. Is this just a characteristic of these motors mounted on a bracket? BTW, my tub is about 1" above the flow of water. Your performance #'s look good, so don't a little spray drive you crazy  Enjoy your boat  Lloyd
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06-24-2013, 01:30 AM
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Thanks fellas. The tie down for the trolling motor is not a pop up cleat but that would have been a good idea had I thought of it. I measured the bracket tonight and it's 2 3/4" above the bottom of the boat. I have a 24" set back. I may have to go with a jack plate as the spray is coming from the lower unit. Trimming the motor all the way up definitely reduces a lot of the spray but it's still a little too much for my liking. My A/V plate is only 2 inches above the keel and the motor is as high as it will go so I think I'm going to have to go the jack plate route. I like how the bracket is providing flotation but in retrospect I should have mounted it a little higher. The boat does not porpoise very much even when the motor is trimmed all the way up probably due to the fact that I've got 3 batteries, trolling motor a 3 bank battery charger and gear in the forward storage areas. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. She rides like a smooth tank for such a little boat. And she's turning lots of heads....... almost as much as my yellow 20sf did
strick
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06-24-2013, 07:40 AM
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Strick,
Pretty much everything you have said is whats is happening to me. I have the spray down, it only happens when getting on plane and at slower speeds. Porposing is minimal, boat like's trim tabs. I still have some more dialing in to do to be totally happy. :-(
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07-01-2013, 10:42 PM
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07-06-2013, 12:10 AM
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Lets face it Paul...... there is something sexy about a center consel boat with a nice round butt. strick
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07-06-2013, 07:52 AM
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