Fortunately I'm going to be using a trolling motor when I am using the motor, and it's shaft length can be long when I want it long and short when I want it shortJaysen wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:01 am Just because something it 15" long does not mean it is 15" long. Most women will support that statement. outboard motor shafts seem to suffer the same "verifiable length" issues as us men
Make sure you look at actual specs that should show the length from mount "top" to nav plate. I've found that there is a several inch variation between manufactures. Granted I'm looking at little motors but an fs13 won't be needing anything much bigger than my 6hp.
Thanks everyone for the responses. I realized I'm way over thinking this. I'm going to make it arbitrarily bigger arc and then after i get the boat somewhat assembled. I'll put the trolling motor on and trim appropriately. more than half of the time this is going to be paddled anyway.