Can some one help me with my FX21

[Carlh]

I traded a 2012 skeeter bay boat for a 2012 FX21 250 SHO the guy had jacked around with the motor and had it upon the 8th dot which made the boat impossible to handle for the most part. I raised it to the 5th dot which gave me a great hole shot but all I can get out of it is about 53-5400 rpm's and I fill it should be alot faster.

I have measured with a level boat from the pad to the ground is 18" and from the prop shaft center to the ground is 15.5" I had mechanic tell me to put it on the 7th hole but he is not a skeeter guy. That is where it is now and that is where those measurements came from but I have nit run it yet. It has a slidemaster 12" jackplate on it, factory yamaha 25p prop. The spec sheet says it should run 6000rpm's and in the upper sixties to mid seventies.

Can someone help me get my boat reset?

Thanks in advance.

[champ223]

I'm running my fx20 showing 7-7 1/2 holes. To measure the height you need to measure from center of prop shaft to the bottom of the pad of the boat. That boat should run in 70's all day long. Check what holes are being used on the motor to attach it to the jack plate.

[Carlh]

Champ, it is set on the 3rd hole on the plate which is where the factory says it should be. Do you know what the distance from the pad to the shaft should be? or close then I can play with it a little at a time.

[champ223]

I am new to skeeters my self but I think you can start with 3 1/2 inches from the Center of prop shaft to bottom of pad. That should get you close. Assuming your running a SHO?? They like to run high from what I understand.

[Carlh]

champ, I am at 2.5-3" with it set at the 7th dot tonight, with the custom trailer it is a little hard to get a real good measurement straight across, so I measured from the pad to the ground, then from the center of the shaft to the ground and subtracted the difference.