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No worries - not too harsh. I just plain missed it, and found it when I got to the launch.

The mechanic that did the rigging said they would try to mount it as low as possible for the most mounting options, and then would raise it if necessary based on testing. In his words, "you can always go up." He also said they'd raise it if I tried it at one hole up and wasn't happy.

To be honest, talking to boat mechanics made me feel like what I imagine a woman feels like walking into a typical auto mechanic. I even called the guy I use for annual maintenance and winterizing to ask what it would cost to raise it one hole when I drop it off in October. He said, "why would you wanna do that?" I said, "for less drag, easier steering, more speed, and because a consensus of Whaler people on the internet said so." His next reply was "everybody on the internet thinks they're an expert." Then I tried to explain that it was Whaler Central, that Phil is an admin and studies this stuff ad nauseum... Then he explained that he's been doing this stuff since the 70s and went to Evinrude and [something] school, and "what you want is the anti-cavitation plate even with the bottom of the hull." I basically just gave up arguing, since I felt like a kid in the principal's office.

I plan to call the dealer to have them raise it, but convincing my wife to help me take the boat back out for a 3/4" change in the motor height is like trying to explain astrophysics to an alligator with a toothache.

P.S. The Enertia Eco 20P I'm looking at is $600 shipped, and it's been balanced and polished. So it seemed like a pretty good deal instead of the $850-900 you mentioned.