Strut or Prop Shaft

Sounds like a plan. I will research and follow up. Thanks.

TRBenj, I certainly am learning and have a much better concept of alignment now. I took your advice from the last post, unbolted my motor mounts and tried to push the engine over to the port side slightly to better meet the prop shaft coupler. I don't ignore the information that is posted. I really value your advice and follow what I can to the best of my ability.

With that said, I had a hard time moving my engine (if at all) and it may need to go another 1/8'' or 1/4'' to the port. Any tips on moving the engine? I used a jack under the exhaust manifold, but the mounts still wouldn't break free. However, I was able to get a good view of how the adjustments moved the transmission coupler and could see why my last attempt at alignment caused the vibration to get worse.

I took the boat out for a test drive to monitor progress. The vibration isn't fixed, but it got a lot better from last time.

Sure this boat has some problems and I can't fix everything (not sure if its feasible).

Thanks to help from the board, it starts turn key and is still put to use.   

Water is still cold, but on a sunny day its worth the trip.   

James,
It's always hard to tell from pictures if a strut is bent especially if it isn't a drastic bend. Holding the square up to a non machined surface doesn't tell much ether. However, I would say it does look like the strut is bent towards the starboard side. Getting back to your other thread when you were thrying to do a alignment, when you had the coupling halves unbolted, did the shaft seem "happier" (turn easier) when it was moved to one side?