Peter,

No, my version of the manual lift does not tilt at the top of its travel.  But, the vertical travel is high enough; that, the lower unit doesn’t touch the water until the boat is heeled over ~> 15 deg on starboard tack with the engine tilt not engaged.  One click up on the engine tilt on my Honda 8 extra long shaft will allow the lower unit to clear the water until the port side rail is in the water.  When you’re heeling more than that, a little outboard lower unit drag is not much concern!

The built-in tilt at the top of it’s travel is a very clever design feature on the GBI engine mount.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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> On Jun 11, 2023, at 5:36 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> 
> Roger,
> 
> Thanks for the pic of the 'official' GB manual outboard lift.  
> 
> The powered lift has a feature where when the part that the outboard clamps to reaches the top of its travel, it tilts, effectively tilting the outboard without having to the the outboard's own tilt feature.  Does the original manual lift do something similar?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Peter