JimS123
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Yupper, no one reads the manual, that's why only a few know what they are doing....LOL.
From the 1970 Evinrude Triumph Owner's manual (installation instructions): (50 freakin years ago)
Weekend boaters don't know what to do, nor do they care. It's just a diversion. But for those that care, knowing proper motor height was well known eons ago, because we had good mentors.
Just yesterday my county announced that all county run boat launching ramps are now open. All my gas tanks are full, batteries charged up to 12.7, hulls polished and all we need is to have it stop raining. No problem social distancing in the mile wide Niagara River
From the 1970 Evinrude Triumph Owner's manual (installation instructions): (50 freakin years ago)
- mount the motor in the upper holes
- Select a propeller that will allow the motor to run at WOT in the upper half of the spec range.
- with the proper prop, raise the motor one notch at a time until the optimum performance is achieved (i.e, cavitation, top speed, increase in engine speed, yada, yada, yada (abbreviated and paraphrased)
Weekend boaters don't know what to do, nor do they care. It's just a diversion. But for those that care, knowing proper motor height was well known eons ago, because we had good mentors.
Just yesterday my county announced that all county run boat launching ramps are now open. All my gas tanks are full, batteries charged up to 12.7, hulls polished and all we need is to have it stop raining. No problem social distancing in the mile wide Niagara River