1975 18 foot Potter; 150 V-MAX For Sale

[chriselk]

I dont know what to tell you about how she runs with a jackplate, since it came with it. IMO, it is an absolute screamer with that engine. I am not an expert, but I do know that many people think performance at speed is enhanced by having a bracket or in this case moving the engine back with a jackplate.
It is no problem to unbolt it and bolt it directly to the transom. I got the boat in FL, and i expect it was used to fish in shallow, since it came with a 24 volt elec bow mount motor (I forgot to say, it comes with a really professional three battery set up, gel cells with a three bank inboard charger).
As for the transom, I cannot tell. The flats jack is mounted onto a stainless steel plate. As I said, I bought it thinking I would gut it, and redo the transom etc. The only rot I could find was in the gunwales, which I took off and reglassed (epoxy fiberglass over mahogany). In looking at the stringers carefully, I could see one starboard side that had a little rot, but everything else was solid. Remember, I towed this up from FL with the 150 hp hanging off the flats jack. If it were rotten, I would have dropped it. Or, I would have dropped it running aground here in NC.