transom bracket

I am going to go with a D&D Bracket w/ 7' swim platform & a 150 Yammie..

That is if my motor deal works out....

I will take some pix as soon as Dean decides what he is gonna do.. Right now the path is looking like it will knock on our front door..... 52 miles inland from Port O'Connor, Texas & 26 miles as crow flies from closest bay.... We do not get the storm surge here in Victoria, but get the wind & rain....

Thanks for all the help & offers to take my old sinking boat off my hands.. :P ;D

BlueH2O

[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

[Blue_Runner]

I think you'll be fine. Don't get overly worried just yet.

Keep us posted.

BGA,

That seadrive you removed weighed more than your 200 and bracket, probably by 200 pounds, dont fret.

[Bygracealone]

Thanks for the votes of confidence boys. I'll keep you posted on how things go.

[macojoe]

Well I am late but just found this!!

Tell who ever told you this to stick his info were the sun doesn't shine!!

I have a 1975 V20 Cuddy, full transome with Stainless marine bracket with full swim platform, and 25" shaft 175 hp Evinrude.

Here is my boat at reat in the water







as you can see I am out of the water more then most transom mounted motors, and that is a 30" set back.

I have never 2nd guessed myself after I was done!! The boat performs, better now then it ever did!!
She gets on plan fast, more adjustment with the trim, and handles great!!

I guess the only draw back it that its slow turning takes a little getting use to cause it is now a 23 footer then a 20 footer.

I have never taken a wave over the motor except once, and that was when a ten footer hit me!, But the top of the motor never went under even when boat was full of water and listing to one side!!
As a matter a fact I say the Bracket saved what could have made a bad situation worse!
When the boat filled with water from the wave its the floatation that kept the motor up and its the bracket that got hit from under with a wave and saved the day!

go bracket and you never regreat it!! Just do it right!!

what else do you want to know?

[kamikaze]

Blueh20: Do you have a center console?

MJ: Yours is a cutty and Bygracealone has a Dually. They are completely different beasts than a Center Console when it comes to weight distribution. Inn my experience center consoles need more weight up front. Which is why I am moving my gas tank forward and Builder FL floods his fish box with water. Adding the bracket is not a problem and suspect when done right will add performance. Mine isn't there yet, but it will be soon.

Steve: You had a sea drive before if I remember right? There's no way what your hanging weighs any more than what was on it before! I won't worry about it. Beside the flotation doesn't help that much. If the boat is balance there is not to much of the bracket that is displacing water anyways. Regardless of what is advertised - that the true measure of flotation. I agree it helps, but I don't think it's going to make that much of difference in the long run.


Kamikaze

[Bygracealone]

Kamikaze, you were right! I just got back from my maiden voyage. She ran nicely! I was only out for a few minutes, but she got on plane in one, two, three. The boat handled like a charm.

Thanks again for the great deal you gave me on the bracket; it worked out even better than I had hoped.

You can see some pics that I posted in the general section entitled BGA's maiden voyage.

[kamikaze]

Steve:

Boat looks great. You know it's already a classic, slowly restoring it not going to make it more valuable ;D Didn't I sell you that bracket over a year ago! I take it you had no problem with the prop ventilating/spinning out?

Kamikaze

[Bygracealone]

Kamikaze,

Indeed, it's been one whole year since I stopped by your place to pick it up! So, it's been al long time coming (too long!), butI'm glad to finally have her on the water.

I'll have to take her out again with a passenger so that I can pay more attention to other areas of the boat. But as far as I can tell, the prop isn't spinning out. I don't have a speedometer on the boat, so I'm curious to know how fast I was going at 4500 RPM's.

Man, with the motor that far back, she was quiet even at the higher RPM's.