[Scott]

Ed I guess I'll start this off...

Welcome to the site first of all.

I cannot speak for the specifics of that model, but your on the right track as far as what to look for. If your planning on making this a project boat, as many of us here have, those are all things that can be taken care of with a little sweat equity..(or a pocket full of green stuff). Somewhere there was a thread from a couple of days ago that went in a similar direction. A lot depends on what you want to do with the boat and how far you want to take it. Several guys have replaced decks (I'll be doing that soon) fixed and replaced transoms, gas tanks....well you get the idea. This site is a tremendous source of info. with alot of knowledge and know how....If you get into trouble throw the question up and someone is bound to have info on it for you.

Your transom question - that’s something I'm working on right now. I'm seriously considering a bracket that was designed by Bill Potter known as the Seamark Bracket. If you go to the main page and click on links you'll see a link for Hermco (who is a contributor to this site) and you'll see the bracket. I have not seen the bracket in person but have talked with Hermco in some length about this unit. I've also had someone in Fl (I use to work for him on his boat) go talk with D.H. All I can tell you is that my contact told me to go with this bracket if I was going to make this modification to the boat. In other words he was impressed with the bracket. There are alot of brackets on the market but this one (in my eyes ) has it all together. I too have the 25" transom that is 26 years old. This bracket will help distribute the weight of the engine across the entire transom of the boat and not just hang on a small portion of it. Not to mention give the boat some serious floatation something like 400lbs positive buoyancy for the single and close to 900lbs for the twin bracket.

Well ... you get the idea. If you go for the boat and want a bracket I would give this one some serious thought.

Scott

Oh yeah... In the older boats the splashwell had its own zip code....its a swimming pool. Its great at keeping the ocean out.....but it takes up more cockpit then I want to give up [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[ May 01, 2002, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: Scott ]