Outboard/Kicker-prop depth in water?

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by Jammer

The standard advice is that the anticavitation plate should be one inch below the waterline or level with the bottom of the transom, whichever is lower. A little lower is OK.

Right and that works for a power boat, but for a kicker outboard motor on a sailboat unless in totally flat water the prop will definitely come completely out of the water with each little wave if that is as deep as you place the outboard

Mine is usually about a foot or more underwater to keep the outboard from continually popping out of the water and maxing the RPM's (until the overrev governor kicks in)

[thomm225]

Photos are of the outboard bracket all the way down and all the way up.

And replacement bracket.