Theres a trim tab on the back of my Advanced Cat, and its in the way of my motor. Can I remove it, or adjust it in some way?
You are looking at and describing what we call the spray shield. In the early years, when Advanced Cats were Xtreme, these werent usually present. As we matured, they became prevalent. In our tireless effort to improve the Advanced Cat, and make it the safest, most efficient and driest dinghy afloat, we added the spray shield. The concept behind the spray shield is much like a squeegee . It works by deflecting water to stop it from migrating up the front of your motor shaft and entering your vessel. This problem affects almost all high speed boats with short shaft motors, and because of the air pressure experienced in the Advanced Cat tunnel on plane is particularly vicious to owners of Advanced Cats. There are three components to this simple device. There is a mounting bracket, a 90 degree stainless plate with a notch for the motor, which is screwed to the transom. Theres a rubber squeegee, which butts against the front of the motor. The cap plate, which sandwiches the whole thing tog
