Outboard: standard or short shaft? Any difference?

[kilkerr1]

Hi again

Outboard engines and shaft size: when described as having a 'standard' shaft, is this the same as when it's described as having a 'short' shaft? I need a short shaft outboard apparently for my Kingfisher 20+ (which has a cunning outboard well you tilt the outboard into and then closes, so it's like an outboard/inboard engine), and am wondering whether a standard shaft will do the job/fit, if it's ultimately the same length as a short shaft.

Thanks!

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[steve_cronin]

The rule used to be "top of transom to cavitation plate (l) = 15" = standard shaft

If l = 20" then it is a "long shaft" some manufacturers even went to longer shafts but often with bolt-on extensions which weren't always durable.

Steve Cronin

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[whisper]

Yes, as far as I'm aware, Standard & Short Shaft is the same, as against Long & Extra Long or Saildrive lengths. Boats with your arrangement can probably use Standard or Long shafts but if your advice is that it needs a Short one then the Standard one will do. Most outboard brochures seem to refer to Long & Short shafts rather than Standard anyway.

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