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Tom,

I understand the "blind hole" issue as I stated in my earlier posts. Techincally, mine isn't a blind hole. it is just an additional hole. The new Yamahas now use a blind hole in place of an additional "standard" hole.

Now I understand people want to dial in their boat to fit their preferences...but for what its worth...here's what I have going....

1963 Nauset with a full wood casting platform and aft wood seating (extra weight). I'm carrying 18 gallons of fuel.

One person on board.
2001 Yamaha 100 HP 4 stroke. (mounted all the way down, resting on the transom)

No...the engine can not be raised or lowered....
I'm running WOT at 46 MPH on GPS
AVERAGING: 1.5 gallons per hour (includes no wake time..but alot was at cruise and above)

With numbers like that, I can't see ever wanting to raise or lower the engine.


I don't want everybody to missunderstand me....I know there is more than one way to skin a cat. The original post was looking for solutions that did not require alot of "nonsense". In my oppinion, my solution requires the least amount of "nonsense". Its a strait bolt on. No fiberglassing, no jack plates, no re-drilling.