10 May
2003
10 May
'03
5:48 a.m.
Randy, I agree with Randy Graves about the long shaft rather than short. We never used a motor until we came to the Chesapeake Bay but over the past 14 years, the kickup rudder always lets me know when I've gone into water too shallow. I've never had the prop touch ground and I almost always have the motor at the deepest reach with the adjustable mount. I use a more shallow setting only to get out of shallows. Standing on the prow (messing with the jib or anchor) will raise even the long shank out of the water. Stan Winarski M-15, #177, Carol II