Sportmaster cavitation plate
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This weekend one of my cavitation plates broke. I started having a heck of a time getting on plane and when I went looking, I found that one whole side of the plate on one drive was gone. The other side has a crack that is almost identical to the broken one. I did not hit anything, the props and drive housings are fine. Two questions: 1. Is this normal? 2. Does anyone know where I can get a couple of them?
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I was able to have a local machine shop fabricate a new plate. I have the old style aluminum plates, and the tech at Mercury Racing told me that they changed to stainless because of this issue with aluminum. Anyway, I stuck with aluminum for now because the price was right.
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Do you have Sportmasters?
Can you get on plane easy?
If you are able to plane your boat without them, it is less drag, which could increase your speed. The only real test, in my opinion, is to try it both ways!
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