[flyingfrizzle]

Cant help but notice the first Pic shows the boats from Atlantic Beach, N.C. Is that where the previous owner lived or are you from down that way? Im about 45 mins away why I ask.


Any how that is defiantly not an Armstrong. Armstrong makes mainly if not only Aluminum brackets. They are mostly powder coated white but over aluminum. Yours looks to be a painted fiberglass bracket. Similar to an Hermco but not a Hermco but very similar construction to one. I would take a stright edge and see where the AV plate is going to fall in relation to the hull bottom on that bracket to figure if you need the 5" extension or not. You will want the AV plate at least 2"-3" above the hull bottom. Im guessing from the Pic you will probably be short with a 25" single but check it to see. If the AV plate falls over/higher than 3 1/2" - 4" above the stright edge you could get a lot of prop slip and have blow out in turns. If you cant get the 25" low enough in the water an extension or 30" outboard should work fine once you glass in at least the lower 4 mounting holes. I would go ahead and do all 8 if you don't plan on doing twins ever again so it seals it up.


One other thing I noticed on the first pic, the transom must have a slight crown in it outwards. I have had the same thing happen to me before in the past when redoing an transom. The weight bows it out slightly and makes you have to fill in the two outer edges of the swim platform with sealer. Not an issue or anything just an observation.