2020 Ranger Reata 1850MS
Mercury 175 ProXS Four-stroke
Tempest Plus 19P
also have a Revolution 4 17P
I’m still breaking in my boat (only 5 hours) so I don’t have much hard data to start messing with the factory set-up, yet.
My biggest concern and/or question is the height of the motor, as it was rigged by Ranger. With the bottom of the boat sitting level, and the motor trimmed so that the prop line of thrust is also level, the distance from prop-to-pad is 6 1/2”. This seems very low to me.
The 1850 MS is more of a multi-species boat and it really doesn’t have much of a pad, so I understand that the prop-to-pad height is going to be different than the typical bass boat.
Any thoughts?