MJ, that is a good point about needing enough setback to be able to tilt the motor. My motor tilts past the transom into the well. It's been awhile since I looked at a sea-drive ... I wonder how CT's motor tilts if it only has a 6-12 inch setback, since he has no well. When the day comes that I have to rebuild my transom (hopefully a long time from now), I guess I'll keep the well. By then 150 - 175 hp oughta come in 30 inch shafts, if the bracket craze is not just a fad.

MJ, when you say 6 foot waves - do you mean 6 feet from the trough to the crest??

A 6 foot wave is actually 12 feet from the trough to the crest.