New transom went from a 16 degree to 13.5

[real deal]

So I poured my transom with arjay and it went well but as I’m finishing the fairing and pulled out the carpenters square for one last check before ordering my bracket I got a measurement of 3.5 and before it was 4” kinda weird, thinking maybe the heavy motor pulling on the week transom gave me a incorrect reading ,however I’ve read that the 20’ has a 16 degree transom. Any insight would be great .

[Rybones]

Potter 20 should be about 12 degrees. Bulge from the Arjay pour could be affect your reading.

[Bigshrimpin]

I think you are confusing the deadrise (roughly 16 degrees on a 20 seacraft) with the transom angle (12 or 13 degrees)

[DonV]

Well the 3.5 would be 14 degrees and the 4" would be 16 degrees. Is the transom still flat all the way across?

[Fr. Frank]

My previous 20' Seafari , a '72 outboard model, had a 14 degree transom, as measured in several places.

[real deal]

The transom has a slight bow to it , probably from the arjay . All good now little grinding and a little fairing and she’s good to go , just got back from a&j marine in Miami and the bracket is on order. Thanks guys

[flyingfrizzle]

The bracket on my 20 has about a 3/16" gap at each outer edge. There is a slight crown on mine from the big clamps I used. The weight of them pulled a slight bow in the transom. Now when I do one I always use a stright edge and try to run it horizontally side to side to keep it stright. I ended up using silicon and fileted the seem on my bracket to clean it up. The 2/3s in the middle pulled tight but about a foot on each end had a little gap but it was just where the swim platform meet the transom so no big deal. Cant even tell it after it was dressed up.