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"Regarding a floatation bracket, I'm sure I can enclose the bracket when I make it but wonder how much it really helps."-reyb
Me either, I don't see it doing much until it gets submerged. When submerged someone said it would give 70# bouyancy??? With the 500 lb motor I see a lot more of my bracket in the water. I put a baitwell/seat in my center console, I forget the gallons but it is heavy. Full of water and 600# worth of a$$ standing at the stern I have about 4" of the bracket above the water in dead calm conditions. I need to do some sea trials before I would feel comfortable going to any big water, it is intended for duty as bay boat. Everything I can think of is forward from where it used to be. The 400# motor carried much better on the 30" setback. I only wish I had found this website when I was doing mine. I might have gone a different way. As a bay boat I would love to have a jack plate. 
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10-21-2009, 05:31 PM
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What way would you might have gone? Would you put a jack plate on the bracket? I found a set of manual adjustable jack plates on craigs list for $40, so I'm thinking of
what other options I have since the old motor is gone and the transom is empty and staring at me.
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10-21-2009, 06:37 PM
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Ridge - a jack plate would be the ticket for skinny water!
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10-21-2009, 06:56 PM
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Save your money. You won't be happy with it if running a center console.
Kamikaze
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10-22-2009, 06:25 AM
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If you are positive you are going with a bracket you need to configure a way to reinforce the transom to handle the additional stress. I forgot that little tidbit which is most important and lots of work. I have put a hydraulic jack plate on the back of a bracket with great success. The boat was a 22' Pursuit cuddy. It would run very shallow. with a Bob's low water pickup jacked all the way up it still had water pressure and bite. Not gonna happen with the Wellcraft, it adds even more weight and I am fighting that now. Kamikaze may be right, after all the money and time you may not be happy. The 20 runs out good with 115 hp on up, the df140 would be a great motor. It never crossed my mind as all my stuff is old junk. Kamikaze has a sweet bracketed 20 cc. Check out the album and see what he did to move weight and balance the boat. Last edited by RidgeRunner; 10-22-2009 at 06:42 AM.
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10-22-2009, 06:57 AM
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With the V CC you will have more of a weight issue than a cuddy obviously due to the structure of the cuddy forward.
The bracket will add some performance and a slight loss of manueverability in close quarters. Try to find something approx 30 x 20 x 20 and air tight and try to push it under water, you will find out real quick how much better a sealed bracket is for this purpose. And you will need it. Also the shorter you get that air tight bracket the better, say 24 opposed to a 30 inch set back. You would not normally need to reinforce the transom unless you intend to put a really heavy motor back there or your current transom is suspect. Watch the weight of the motor, it is critical to the safety and longevity of your boat. The lighter the better. 150 two stroke weight on such a bracket is going to be max weight, trust me on this as I have seen and driven three different bracket V20's with diff engine combos. To much weight, no self bailing, scuppers will stay on or under the waterline at rest, put a couple guys in there and, well it goes down from there. And that is on a cuddy.
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10-22-2009, 09:44 AM
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Willy, I checked out your album. Your 20 seems to carry the weight just fine, did you install the 40 gal tank to compensate for weight?
Right or wrong I installed two knee braces that are glassed to the original stringers and run to the top of the transom. Overkill?
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10-22-2009, 01:13 PM
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Back out to the main page of www.wellcraftv20.com and you will see a link called "GALLERY" right next to "FORUM"
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