with the amount of meds I was on when I typed that, I'm suprised I didn't tell you to cut a hole in hte bottom of hte boat and rop it out thru the bottom
glad you got it figured out. Look on line and pick up a factory manual for your engine and drive, Mercruiser has probably the best written manuals out there, you should be able to get all your answers from it. If you can't figure something out, post up