Got 12" to the bottom of the V below the waterline and another 8" with the foot all the way down to the bottom of the skeg.
With the motor tilted up this measurement will decrease but as yet don't know to what. Keep in mind about the jack plate being all the way up!http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture197.jpg
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Reminds me of my old V. Looks nice Tsub

Hey Tsubaki,

Did you put the jacking plat on your boat? If you did what kind of performance difference did you achieve?

I was thinking of putting my 200 Yamaha on one want to make sure it is worth it. Will have to rebuild transom first.
Thanks

Bought the jack plate before the motor.
Currently the most use I've gotten out of it was to be able to have the boat up at an angle in order for it to drain when it rains and the motor jacked up and tilted down and not be in the dirt.
Gotta find out soon on the real benifits, I do know when running at idle speed I can draw 5" less water.

Just curious as to what kind of speed you can pick up if you go up with the motor once you are on plane.

On this boat, I have no experiance yet making comparisons.
I do know on my fathers pontoon boat, a 5" difference would increase the speed near 10 mph but in sharp turns, the prop would ventilate.

Thanks, don't think we would see that big of a difference though. I am hioping for a 2-3 kph increase, the big plus is not having the motor trimmed to the max.

Nice looking V there, tsubaki!

Thanks, Pipe
 

Still got a pile of cosmetic stuff to do to the area's above the rubrail that was painted.
Burned just under 40 gallons this weekend playing with the boat and fishing a little.
Right now, best as I can tell, the most I can gain is about 2-3 mph.
Again the main benefit was being able to run the motor up for shallow water stuff.