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ErichBW wrote:
Thank you Dave for the pictures and being so thorough. Wow, with your jack plate your cavitation plate is considerably higher than where mine is currently. I do like the Bob's 4 in 1 and I've heard a lot of people are very happy with it. Are you running yours without the wedge? My only reasons for not choosing it is I did not feel comfortable with the two piece design and I did not want to have a black jack plate as my motor and hull are both light colored. Some may say "so what" but the appearance would bother me. I do like how the Bob's 4 in 1 weighs only 19 lbs and the CMC I have purchased is I think 32 lbs. Do you think that I should go with the Turbo 13.25 x 19? I wonder why so many seemingly skilled and knowledgeable people frowned upon the idea? If you guys are reading this please reenforce your opinions. You are reaching 6100 WOT with the Stiletto 13.25 x 19 and I am seeing 5450 WOT with the Turbo 13.25 x 17. I wonder if my WOT will increase once I install the jack plate.
The camera angle doesn't quite show it (boat is on a hill), but if you put a straight edge on the bottom of the hull the tope of prop is right about that height. When I bought it I was a little concern whether or not the teleflex cable would reach, and like the option of having 2.5" setback.
You will get additional speed at WOT by raising the motor. I would put the Jackplate on with your current prop and fine tune the engine height. You can decide from that point whether or not you need a larger prop. I am probably going to buy a 17P Stiletto for my boat for watersports and heavy loads, I would guess I had 17P Stiletto on my boat I would be right about 6000rpm with out trimming the motor out.
