Mini Hydro

[boater76]

The canopy is not offset.

[boater76]

Correction canopy hump is offset to the starboard side a little.

[boater76]

Here are some other pics. Hopefully they will be ok. Don't have a normal cam right now except for my wife's blackberry. The position I have the strut at seem to level out the hull and the transom paralell. The hump in the hatch is more toward the starboard side a bit. My motor and mount should fit offset. I just threm the motor in. I have a cooling motor mount.

Ken

[boater76]

More pics

[boater76]

Hopefully you can get something out of all of these. Thanks!

[boater76]

A little help here guys. Thanks.

[Rumdog]

Looks good to me. I setup a delta force mini vortex just like that. Should work well for you.

[Diegoboy]

That's how I would do it, except I'd loose that hump for the original stuffing tube placement (that's just my preference).

[Jesse J]

Danny may have a point, the hump would restrict you from raising your strut much.

Great work, I think you have a decent starting place and will like it a lot. Just be sure you have same room up/down to adjust if you need. As

As far as angle, start with a little down (i.e. where the front of the strut is a tad higher than the back) on mine it wanted to do a flip at half throttle. Keep in mind that the angle of the dangle, oops I mean the strut controls the bow where the height controls the stern.

Try 2 deg negative to keep that bow on the water. You may need more and this is where the hump in the hull may start to limit that flexibility - good eye Danny!

You are on the right track man, great looking boat!!!

[boater76]

How do I go about losing the hump and keeping structural integrity and strength?

[boater76]

How do I go about losing the hump and keeping structural integrity and strength?

[Jesse J]

Well if you are worried, you could reinforce the inside with fg, but don't know if really necessary.

[boater76]

What would I use in the gap after I take the hump out?

[Rumdog]

You could leave the hump and just drill it as needed to line up the stuffing tube. If you cut it out, cover with fiberglass.

[REBAR]

Dont mount the strut anywhere else. Mount at the hump. Then drill the hole for the stuffing tube then use a round file to make a slot instead so you can raise or lower the strut maybe 1/8". Seal it with HVAC thumb gum , aka monkey sh!t. Its a removable sealer for line sets so you can play with the strut height and still be water tight.

My 2cents