[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Bushwacker

The 20 was designed for 300 lb motors, so it's pretty light, a little small for a bracket, and you can really screw up it's CG, low speed planing performance and ride if you aren't careful, especially if you hang a 500 lb 4-stroke motor on it! My Seafari has more weight forward than the CC models, but I still had to do a lot of tweaking after I added a 30" bracket & 429 lb motor to match the 12 mph planing speed and soft ride I had with the old 300 lb motor hanging on the transom!

If going with a bracket, you'll need to move as much weight as far forward as possible, and stay with a light 2-stroke motor, like an Opti or E-TEC if you want something new. I would never consider a bracket with no flotation like the Stainless marine bracket. Forum member Capt. Lloyd put one of those on a 20 SF with a 140 Zuke on it and ended up building a big flotation tub around it! You'll want a bracket with as much flotation as possible, like a Hermco. Don can build them with various setbacks.

For further info on the pros & cons of brackets, check out this post I made on the subject about 5 years ago. http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...ad.php?t=19779

You would do well to read his posts. A retired performance engineer from Pratt n Whitney
not around Houston.

Cheers
GFS