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Davidk,

The performance of your boat sounds great. I certainly don't need to go any faster either. But given a clean slate, which is exactly where Bachus12345 is now with his transom ready to be drilled for new holes, why wouldn't you want a motor set at the best height and maybe get a little more speed and better fuel mileage out of it as well?

In your case you're stuck where you are and that's fine. But this is Bachus12345's thread and my advice stands: use the NMMA standard layout with the lower holes raised 3/4" to 1-1/2" to clear the splashwell. By doing this, any motor in the future can be bolted up with no additional fooling around. If he uses a blind hole system, the motor will be too low and the next motor that goes on this boat will most likely require yet another fill/patch and re-drill to mount it.