Thanks TinMan! I does flex a bit I will check out the bracket idea! The bad news was It capsized, but I had it upright and pumped out in 30 minutes. Wait it gets better--I had it insured for $9500.00, the insurance company totaled it and told me I could keep it. I have some clean up and tank draining to do, but I have almost 10 G's to repower so maybe a used motor and the transome fix and bracket?.