17 minutes ago, Catt said:

I'm running a Alweld 1652VJT

16' length 52" bottom with a Tohatsu 40 hp

 

Out of curiosity, what kind of top speed are you getting out of that setup? 

1 hour ago, AmmoGuy said:

 

Out of curiosity, what kind of top speed are you getting out of that setup? 

 

Upper 40s loaded out, 47 with GPS, 48 with radar gun, both empty.

 

This boat is pretty heavy, welded in floor, welded in sides over the ribs, & a 2 1/2" Proformance Tunnel.

 

I'm definitely all for adding a jack plate as long as the transom can handle it. I'm curious as to why you'd want to run a 10" over a 6" on that small of a boat. The 10" seems like overkill for what you're looking for. Most boats you see a 10" or 12" on are 20+ footers. My 18.5 it's not recommended to go bigger than an 8". A 6" plate would still allow you to bolt shallow water anchor brackets to it. If you wanted to try to go bigger you could buy some fixed setback brackets and put them between the jack plate and the hull like these https://bobsmachine.com/product/fixed-setback-brackets-no-lift/ If you get the 4's and adding them with a 6" plate would give you the 10" you're looking for and at least that way if it doesn't work out, you can move back to the normal 6" plate. 

 

One other consideration, would be your steering cables. Depending on where they come out on your boat, you may have to order longer cables, or possibly even convert to hydraulic steering to make it work.

3 hours ago, WIGuide said:

I'm curious as to why you'd want to run a 10" over a 6" on that small of a boat.

 

On 6/24/2023 at 8:43 PM, OilfieldCowboy said:

to clear my transom mount side image transducer and give the option for a shallow water anchor.

 

I am most likely going to run a 6" and see what kind of interference I get on the side image.

I know this post is alittle old but seen a few ducking boats stacking a jackplate with a kick up plate....gotta be atleast 8"s back.