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Joe, and Finnegan,
I have already studied the examples illustrated exhaustively. I have emailed ALL the pictures of these examples to Tommy in the past to illustrate what I was looking for. Joe, feel free to completely delete that link if you want, it was unnecessary.

I ordered, and paid for, a 20" shaft 9.9 with electric tilt and trim and remote control. Of course. I have the purchase order right here, right now. This was not the problem here.

My mistake, in this matter, was negligence. I was too busy making money to watch over this project as it evolved. It's too late to do anything now but pick up the pieces and move forward. I have a business that is very intense during certain months of the year, but it is also very lucrative. To complicate matters, the schedule on this project had 3 major setbacks.

1st schedule delay was the wood. Trust me, there are many more details here that I have not, and do not plan to, discuss publically. The project progress was held up a year just as a result of the Stennet factor. A lot of communication was lost during this time within the project. It happens when things drag on.
2nd problem was of a personal nature for Tommy at the shop. I refuse to accept that I should have pressured him for the sake of my project, given his situation.
3rd problem was that I was trying to do too many Boston Whaler projects at once. I purchased and retrieved a beautiful Whaler 27 FC WD from Wisconsin, repowered it, and completely upgraded the fuel and electrical systems, and the electronics as well. I am the 3rd owner of this boat.
Everything will be fine, it is just going to take some more time and effort to complete the project.

I had no problem understanding what needed to be done here, I just wasn't there enough to supervise the progress, when it suddenly occurred after the wood started arriving. Neither Tommy or myself were available for this function through no fault of our own, and the shop hands may have been forced to start making some decisions above their pay grade due to our absence. I should have shut the project down and did not. My mistake.