Okay, yall may think I'm being a little over conscious here but tell me what’s going on. Keep in mind-small boat, small motor-. While at WOT, planed fairly well (as good as it gets) I get sprayed with water coming up from between the motor and the transom. It appears that its just water making contact with the front of the foot and splashing up. I was wondering if I tried to trim the motor up would it help? Theres not a lot of water the gets in the boat. My hand gets alittle wet controlling the tiller, and the rest just runs down the inside of the transom, especially from the corners. (my ancor-mate gets a bath good!) I'm going to try to insert some pictures (that I drew myself, so don’t laugh! HEhe). If you dont see any pictures here, I'll email them to ya if you give me your email.
But the motor is too low if the cavitation plate hangs down that far. Some type of spacer is in order. I once constructed one from a piece of aluminum square tubing and welded mouting tabs to it, then bolted it to the transom. Whatever you use, it has to be stout.