Cap is off

[jasoncooperpcola]

MJ I have been posting some pics from my phone. I have not figured out how to photobucket on my phone. I can upload pics to photobucket but thats all I can do on my phone. So I just use the manage attachments bar which worked fine till yesterday. It does not work on the local fishing forum either?? So i think its a phone problem. Trying to figure out photobucket mobile.

Internet is off at the house so mobile is all I have now.

[macojoe]

ok, well i am of no help, i have a regular flip phone and don't even use it for the net or anything, i don't even text!!

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by macojoe

ok, well i am of no help, i have a regular flip phone and don't even use it for the net or anything, i don't even text!!

Thanks MJ. I think my problem is this prepaid at&t cheap phone. But I refuse to go on a contract plan!

[jasoncooperpcola]

test

It worked? Well, this is the transom out of my V20.

[jasoncooperpcola]

I spent a while trying to decide on my bracket design. I wanted the most flotation yet also wanted the most for performance potential. I liked the Hemco brackets how they have a v bottom yet I like the stainless because of their flat bottom that swoops up. So I decided onba hybrid design. A 13" pad that then follows the bottom angle up. It is 3" off the bottom on the angled sides and 4 5/8" off the bottom at the keel to the pad. 4 5/8" is the height from the keel to the first strakes. Then I had to decide on how tall to make the bracket. Spare mentioned to make the tub as tall as possible. But it did not look right with the motor cut out. It looked out of proportion. UNTIL I slid a piece of plywood over the cutout. Then it looked good! The outside of the tape is my final bracket outline. Still have to decide whether to make it swoop up or not.

[macojoe]

most converts are closed transoms, so the plywood in the cut out is not a issue. as far as swooping, i would think you have to do it as when you give the boat gas on take off, the rear is going in the water, lots of drag there if no swoop. while planning the rear is going to go down some.
I have the SS Marine type bracket on both of my boats and they are great with the swoop, on the Ox its just a single and on the wellcraft it was the type with the platform, I took a 10 footer with the wellcraft and filled the boat with water. motor stayed up and running with all that weight!! the rear of the boat was in the water but the motor was able to stay 3 or so inches above to run, when the 2nd wave came it lifted the boat and motor was running and we manged to live.

Just somrthing to think about??

[jasoncooperpcola]

When I mentioned the plywood, I was meaning it was an illussion without it. Transom will be a closed transom. But I do not like the way the top of the transom angles up. I prefer it flat from side to side. So that means a little more cap modification. As is I am almost cutting the entire back of the cap off to accomplish what I want my boat to be.

I have sinned. I have been on Classic SeaCraft looking at bracket builds. Not the first home built bracket has any swoop. All leveled v bottoms. Everybody is building molds. I was thinking with my outriggered stringers I could glass a top, bottom, and a motor mount on and call it done. Wondering If i need to rethink that. I want to go wider with my bracket, but I do not think I can with trim tabs. As is fully submerged I have 700lbs of flotation minus the bracket weight. I think its around 400lbs flotation at rest. I decided against a full width platform.

MJ one thing I did notice was with my Merc being a 25" shaft she should be high.