MJ,

I think I saw that video last year from a link on THT, although it would probably kill this old box if I tried to click on it. There was a pretty good discussion about this video, and about how the open transom allows water to dump out in a big way whereas a full transom would swamp.

With your 3 foot bracket, do you think you would have submerged your motor if that was you when the boat was standing up into that wave??