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Originally Posted by ogjk

He said that the transom reinforcement was put on by the person that installed the motor. According to him the transom is sound, but the installer was being overly cautious because of the size of the motor.
Is that possible?
As far as the paint, he said that he bought the boat a few years ago and it was green, so he and a buddy painted it white.

I have a 200HP Johnson on my boat. I put two lengths of 1/2" x 3" alum angle iron on the inside of my transom for exactly the same reason when we went to the larger engine. Seemed like the prudent thing to do because of the extra weight, so yes, to answer your question, it is possible. That doesn't mean that it's the truth, just that it's possible... Check it out.

How old it the engine? Since there is paint on the reinforcement then it means that the plate and engine were put on before the boat was painted a "few years" ago. As to the paint job, if it was green and they painted it then the green paint should be underneath and showing somewhere. Look for it just to verify. (and regardless, it was still a sloppy paint job.)

Let us know how you make out.

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