We finally launched last week and traveled down the Chicago river to get to Lake Michigan. Great trip, nothing broke. I'll post pics of our trip in another thread. We previously had issues getting the outboard low enough in the water. Now I think it might be too low. I have a Evinrude Yachtwin 9.9 on the back of an O'Day 25. It has two cavitation plates. The higher one is a few inches below the waterline. The reason I think it might be too low is because under light conditions the bracket was skimming the water and the front of the motor would occasionally get splashed. Empty boat is spec'd to have a draft of 2.5' with c/b up. What's the general rule for outboard height?