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Lightnup
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Initially Posted - 04/17/2006 :  13:44:51  Show Profile
With two people in the cockpit, my outboard has always been close to drowning itself when set in the lower of the two notches on the motor mount, especially when maintaining anything above idle speed as the stern "squats" and the motor nearly submerges itself. So, I've started setting it in the higher of the two notches.

Word of warning: In that setting, it is not a good idea to go forward to drop the anchor while the crew is in the v-berth. Bow down = stern up = lower unit out of water = time for yet another new impeller.

But other than that, it was a beautiful weekend on the water.

Steve
Steve Madden
'87 WK #5668 "Lorica"
Fort Myers, FL
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  21:19:21  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Have the various tilt positions been tried... it could be that tendancy to squat can be aleviated somewhat by tilting the motor. A motor with the foot tilted back will make the stern squat as the prop is trying to dive whereas tilting the motor so that the foot is raked forward a bit will cause the prop to want to surface and lift the stern.

I played with the adjustments while cruising once in really still conditions. Marking the throttle setting, I compared the gps speed and one position was favored... the boat slowed slightly with the hole position either side.
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 04/18/2006 :  00:00:16  Show Profile
When I remounted my outboard on the starboard side of the boat I set the motor mount at a level that would allow me to run at the middle of three notches. This way if I need the prop deeper when there are following seas or occasionally shallower when we have a crowd in the cockpit I have some adjustablity. Of course, it would be better to have a nice inboard with the prop always under the boat, but hey, I love my C25 for many reasons and the inboard isn't going to happen.
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