we ride all over s.e. michagian and on the maumee up by grand rapids oh. mine is out of a tsm6. i do not know if they are shorter than yours or not. i know that the freeboard in my boat is alot shorter than yours. here is a pic of the costom made one you can see by the bottom of the windshild on the pylon there are 2 pins that you pull and it brakes right there