[strick]

I see no reason why you would want to epoxy the bracket. 5200 is hard enough to get off. I know a guy who made a fiberglass bracket and bolted twin mercs on to it. Before bolting the bracket to the boat they put down a liberal supply of 5200 and bolted it to the transom. After the first sea trial it was decided that they needed to change the height of the bracket. After taking out the bolts try as they might they could not get the bracket off. Next they chained the engines to the boat and took the boat back to sea (without the bolts) hoping that the bouncing around would loosen the bracket...guess what... it still would not budge. Make a long story short they ended up ripping off a layer of glass along with the bracket to get it off. I dont know if you have ever tried to remove something even as simple as a fairing block attached to a hull with 5200... pry bars/air chisles/hammers/and multiple machine gun curse words are neccessary to be successful. As far as flotation goes.... I think the potter bracket for twins is rated at 800 pounds of flotation. Someone else would know this better then I.

strick