Your project is coming along nicely. I recently picked up a similar boat so the pictures are quite inspiring. The transom job looks very nice. It's hard to tell looking at the pictures of the transom from the inside. Will all four bracket bolts now be accessible from outside, is there still room for the bottom two underneath the well, or will you have to modify the splashwell?
I hadn’t yet come across that hull plate maker, so I had to bookmark that one. I find the whole manufacturer’s maximum HP rating a bit confusing. I understand the ratings varied quite a bit. My beat up 1970 tag shows 140HP but from what I’ve read other boats with the same dual outboard transom cut came with ratings up to 240 which I think was meant to cover two 115 Mercs. I think the later 70’s rating were up to 175 for a single on essentially the same hull (minus the stringer change in ’73 which essentially deleted two vertical sections of glass in its design).
I’d like to eventually repower with a newer 150 but I’m not sure what that means for insurance or CG compliance. Does anyone know if it would be a no-no to just have a new tag made with one of the higher HP ratings for this hull?
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