I am merely funning about the Yamaha F300.......would be cool and I know it CAN be done as there was just a Mercury 275hp.....but where or not it would be the ideal set-up is clearly another issue.
So does anyone have the center of gravity numbers for a 20' Seacraft Center Console??? I have been reading up a good bit on center of gravity on boat building. To my understanding most boat center of gravity is about 60-65% of the total length of the boat from the bow.
If that is the case, then that would put the center of gravity for the boat at 11.7-12.7" measuring from the bow of the boat back. And this is just with the hull only.
If we were to add a bracket, I was wondering if you had to figure the bracket length into the total length of the boat......going from 19' 6" to 21' 6" if we were to add a 24" setback bracket???? This would move the center of gravity for the boat back 1-2" to 13-14' measuring from the bow of the boat.
I may be totally WAY off on all of this.......that is why I am asking as maybe someone else ACTUALLY knows the answer.
When building my boat back, I am wanting to make sure that I am keeping the boat as balanced as possibly and not just going off guestimations.
I know if I can calculate the center of gravity for the boat I can then apply foot pounds of downward force applied to the boat with however my boat is going to be set-up and optimize the center of gravity of the boat on weight distribution.
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