This arrangement has the advantage that it makes {HEAD ~ the overall transmission} shorter at {TAIL ~ the top}, and may help to ensure that the transmission can clear a swim platform, when one is provided on the watercraft 
This arrangement has the advantage that it makes { HEAD ~ the overall transmission } shorter at { TAIL ~ the top } , and may help to ensure that the transmission can clear a swim platform , when one is provided on the watercraft
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