transom bracket

[Bygracealone]

Originally Posted by kamikaze

Blueh20:

I assume since your replacing a Sea drive I asusme that you have a cutty cabin and not a center console? The reason I ask is that the difference in installing a bracket is significant between the two. MJ and Willy (Old school) both had cutty's with brackets installed and from what I hear they have no complaints. On the other hand BuilderFl and I have center consoles with bracket and both of us are currently working through issues with weight distrubution to address problems that arose after installing the bracket. ByGracealone has a dually with a non-floation Gill bracket installed but I haven't heard form him regarding performance as of yet. Although is common, each configuration acts differently to the installation of a bracket, there is not a one size fits all rule for installation. PM me if more questions.

Kamikaze

To be quite honest, I'm wondering if I made a mistake by going with a non-flotation bracket and the Johnson 200. All this talk about porpoising has got me really worried, especially since the duallies have practically no weight at all up front...

I brought my V to the water the other day to have the idle adjusted by one of my neighbors. I didn't back the boat all the way off the trailer, but she did seem to be a bit heavy in the back. I hope to take her down later today, we'll see. I sure hope that all this hard work wasn't a waste time :-/

Does anybody know the difference in weight between a Johnson 200 and a 150? I may need to think about looking for a 150... However, it's still too early to say with certainty. I'll let you know how it goes.

Steve B