Installation Height Check - HONDA marine BF200A Set-Up, Installation, And Pre-Delivery Service

Installation Height Check
Shaft Outboard Motor
Length Transom Height
508 m m
Long (20 in)
Optimum outboard motor installation height varies with
boat type and bottom shape. Contact the boat manufacture
for any special recommendations that are unique to
a
specific model of boat.
Workable Boat
Transom Height
483
-
508 mm
(19
-
20 in)
If the outboard motor is installed too low:
-The boat will squat and be hard to plane.
-The boat high-speed stability will be reduced.
-The boat will tend to porpoise.
Extra-extra
long
If the outboard motor is installed too high:
-Cavitation may occur when making a turn, which
prevents the boat from smooth cruising.
762 m m
(30 in)
737 - 762 mm
(29 - 30 in)
1.
Measure the boat transom height.
SINGLE OUTBOARD
DUAL OUTBOARDS
I ' !
HEIGHT
n
OUTBOARD MOTOR
CENTERLINE
I
BOAT
HEIGHT
,
TRANSOM
l9Ornrn (7.5 in)
\
'
ANTI-VENTILATION
PLATE INNER EDGE
On "V" bottom boats, measure the transom height which
is the distance f r o m the t o p edge of the boat
transom to the point at which the vertical line passing the
inner edge of the anti-ventilation plate intersects with the
boat bottom.
2. Calculate the outboard shaft length requirement.
Match the appropriate outboard shaft length to your
boat transom height.
635 mm
(25 in)
Extra long
To determine outboard shaft length requirement, subtract
the motor transom height and the boat transom height/
the difference should be approximately 0
-
25mm (0 - 1
in) which is the installation height range.