Another day and another hole in the hull. This time it was for the P bracket that holds the cutless bearing and supports the propeller. To locate one end of the shaft I fitted a bracket with an alignment hole to the rear end of the engine mounting template. The exit from the hull provided a second alignment position to hold the shaft in line. Then the location of the P bracket was set by the distance of the shaft from the hull at the rear of the P bracket. With the hole for the bracket formed in the hull and the bracket temporarily secured with wooden wedges I was able to measure the shaft length ready for the over long shaft to be trimmed to the final dimensions.
Engine mounting template with guide hole for the propeller shaft.
Shaft and P bracket temporarily in place for checking the shaft length.